alps
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Swinging From A Paraglider Is A Terrifying Way To See The Swiss Alps
Video: Not content with hopping aboard a tour bus or renting a helicopter, professional base jumper Quentin Luçon figured the best way to see the Swiss Alps was to hang from a giant swing suspended below someone gliding over the majestic mountain range with a parachute.
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This Fake Boulder In The Alps Is Actually A Tiny, Perfect Cabin
The Alps are littered with hidden buildings, from World War II-era bunkers to mansions built below ground to skirt building regulations. But here’s an entirely new addition: A “rock” installed on a boulder-strewn slope that’s hiding a cozy one-person cabin.
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This Glass Room Lets Visitors Float Over Of One Of The Alps’ Highest Peaks
The Aiguille du Midi, or Needle of the South, has been home to the terrifying highest vertical ascent cable car in the world for three decades. But this month, it’s stepping up its scaring-the-wits-out-of-tourists game — with a glass box that hangs over the yawning void next to the peak.
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A Terrifying Staircase To Nowhere Provides Dizzying Views Of The Alps
Apparently, stunning views of one of the most picturesque mountain ranges in the world aren’t enough for visitors of the Dachstein Glacier resort in Austria. So the facility has installed a 14-step ‘staircase to nothing’ leading to a glass-bottomed viewing platform that juts out from the side of the glacier, and a 100m suspension bridge…