Videos tagged with "extreme"

Landing and taking off at Lukla Airport, Nepal [02:35]
Lukla is meant to be one of the world's most dangerous airports. It is certainly strange to see planes disappearing as they accelerate down the hill. My footage was taken on a Tara Air Dornier 228 in April 2012.
Tags: Lukla, airport, Nepal, landing, take, off, dangerous, Tara, air, Dornier, 228, extreme, airstrip, most

Lukla Airport ... Gateway to Everest [01:15]
Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Luka Airport is the gateway to the Everest region, Solukhumbu, Nepal. Gateway to Everest, the world's highest mountain and many other Himalayas was rates featured in a program titled Most Extreme Airports broadcasted in The History Channel in 2010. The airport is where you start your once in a life time trek to Everest Base Camp or many more climbs to follow. The airport is located at an elevation of 9100 feet (2800m) with a single runway of 1500 feet (460m) with a gradient of 12%. The airport's paved asphalt runway is only accessible to helicopters and small, fixed-wing-takeoff-and-landing aircrafts.
Tags: Nepal, Everest, Mt. Everest, Airport, Mount Everest (Mountain), Mountains, Sagarmatha, Tenzing Hillary Airport, STOL Airport, STOL landing, Amazing Airports, Amazing Landings, Extreme Airports, Dangerous Airports, Dangerous Landing, Airplane

Niebezpieczne lotniska [01:20:19]
Dokument opowiada o dziesięciu najniebezpieczniejszych lotniskach świata takich jak Tenzing-Hillary w Lukli w Nepalu, North Front Airport w Gibraltarze czy Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy Juliana na wyspie Saint Maarten, którego pas startowy z obu stron oddzielony jest od wody tylko kilkudziesi...
Tags: Niebezpieczne, lotniska, dangerous, airoprts, kai, tak, worlds, most, extreme, airports, channel, Princess, Juliana, International, Airport, (Saint, Martin), Juancho, E., Yrausquin, (Saba), Courchevel, (France), Gustaf, III, (St., Bart), Barra, (Barra), M

Paragliding in Nepal [03:42]
An experience of a lifetime, gliding off of Sarangkot in Pokhara, Nepal.
Tags: Paragliding, Nepal, Sarangkot, Pokhara, Filipino, Extreme, Sports

The Everest Podcast - Episode 14: "Worst Night Ever" [07:39]
Join Erick as he broadcasts "live" from his trek to Advanced Base Camp 3 of Mount Everest. This video is built around an audio podcast Erick recorded each day along his journey from Kathmandu, Nepal, through Tibet, and then along the Mount Everest North Col, as he ascended the mountain's North Face. The photos you see were taken by Erick during the trek. In this episode: After suffering through one of the worst nights ever, Erick is forced to postpone his departure for Interim Base Camp. Meanwhile, he continues to battle a nasty cold that is just getting worse with the extremely dry, cold air.
Tags: mount, everest, mountains, nepal, tibet, trekking, adventure, mountain, climbing, hiking, travel, visiglow, himalaya, himalayan, sherpa, base, camp, trek, shangri, la, Mount Everest (Mountain), Sherpa People (Ethnicity), China