Live Adrenaline ... Hols With An Edge

I have been doing research on our coming hols and came across this really cool site with incredible activities... Just a lil' background: Our holiday plans for this coming summer are (1) 6 days 4 nights Club Med Lindeman Island (Australia) (2) Possibly 3 days 2 nights stay in Blue Mountains, outside Sydney for a Rock Climbing course (3) Couple of days in Sydney itself We had been waiting for D's boss to approve his leave and come this Saturday, we will drop by at Club Med to check out the details and hopefully everything will go as planned. But I digress... back to this site Adrenalin . I was finding out Rock Climbing courses in Oz and whether such courses will be held in the Blue Mountains especially during their winter season. And here's my Top 5 list of even more "solid", "Wah Piang" activities (money-no-problem one...): No. 5 - Air Combat USA (AUD 2 995) "You'll be fitted for a flight suit, helmet and parachute. Next, it's off to ground school to learn the tactical maneuvers you'll need in combat. Then you slide into the cockpit of either the SIAI Marchetti SF260, an italian-built light attack fighter, capable of sustaining up to +6 to -3 G's of force or the Extra 300L, a world-class aerobatic champion capable of +10 to -10 G's of force. You'll be seated at dual controls next to your instructor pilot. Although your instructor will perform the take-off and the landing, during the mission you will fly the aircraft 90% of the time. You will engage in six dogfights during your mission." No. 4 - Learn To Kiteboard (AUD140) "Combining traction kiting with windsurfing, wakeboarding, snowboarding and surfing gives you an adventure sport that is easy to learn, allows total freedom, and pushes the boundaries as to what really is possible on water." No. 3 -Explore Antarctica (US$3 990) "The spectacular Antarctic Peninsula is the most accessible part of the continent. The rugged Transatlantic Mountains, flanked by huge glaciers, form the Peninsula's spine and a backdrop to a glorious maze of sheltered channels and inlets for us to explore." No. 2 - 100% Adrenalin NZ Heli Trip - Heli Skiing and Heli Ice Climbing

(AUD 4 795) ' "From 25-30 August 2005 join other snow seekers for 5 days of pure adrenaline in New Zealand on the 100% Adrenalin NZ Heli Trip: Heli Skiing/Boarding and Heli Ice Climbing! Feel your legs burn as you carve through untracked powder then feel your heart pump as you scale a frozen waterfall. This trip's all about the wild back country and the helicopter - chartered exclusively for Adrenalin! You just think about the adrenaline rush - we'll take care of the rest." No. 1(a) - Sub Orbital Space Flight (US$105k) "With the same anticipation and excitement that astronauts and cosmonauts experience before their orbital space launch, our flight specialists will help you don your flight suit and guide you through the final launch checklist. The launch will begin under the watchful eye of the pilot and precise control of system equipment. In an unprecedented sensory experience, rocket motors will boost the RLV (Reusuable Launch Vehicle) beyond the normal limits of flight to regions above 62 miles (100 kilometers). As the RLV nears maximum altitude, the rocket engines will be shut down and you will experience up to five minutes of continuous weightlessness and see the vast blackness of space set against the blue limits of Earth below." No. 1 (b) The Ultimate "Wah Piang" Activity - Trip To The International Space Station (US$20 million) " Now, in conjunction with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Rosaviakosmos) and Rocket Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) Space Adventures has organised a new joint effort to conduct private spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS)... Your launch vehicle will be the Soyuz-FG, the latest in a line of vehicles that have flown over 1600 times, far more than any other human-rated launch vehicle." But for now... rock climbing in Blue Mountains is more realistic... and affordable.