One Mistake Means Certain Death: These Fearless Athletes All Have One Thing in Common, and It Might Not Be What You Think

Launching Over The Wall

Danny Way set out to try and ollie over the Great Wall of China. Nobody had ever attempted anything like this before, and people urged him not to attempt the jump because it was so dangerous. Danny Way ignored all of the pleas to stop and began seriously training for the jump, he was willing to risk his life to prove to himself that he could do it.

The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.