Medellin authorities detain ‘Russian Spiderman’
Authorities in Colombia’s second biggest city Medellin on Monday detained a man known as the...
Tag: extreme sports
Foreign tourists forced to spend 3 days with dissident FARC guerrillas in east Colombia
Three Americans, one Spaniard and one Frenchman were forced to spend three days with dissident...
Paragliding over Medellin
“Welcome to heaven” my pilot says as we soar several hundred feet above the city of...
How to climb Ritacuba Blanco in Colombia’s Cocuy National Park
Colombia’s Cocuy National Park is not easily accessible. But for the intrepid, the park...
World’s 1st high-dive champion, Colombia’s Orlando Duque, jumps out of a helicopter
Colombia’s Orlando Duque on Wednesday dove out of a helicopter, landing in NewYork’s...
Life on the edge: Colombian rock climber Daniel Tirado
Daniel Tirado, an adventure junkie, reality show winner, author and owner of Medellin’s largest climbing gym, spoke about his passion for rock climbing, and his hope to revolutionize the scene in Colombia. Tirado is well...
Curtil’s ‘Cow Cave’: Extreme caving in Colombia
Colombia’s adventure capital, San Gil, offers thrill-seekers the experience of a lifetime,...
Rafting adventures around San Gil, Colombia
With a hot climate, easy access to gushing whitewater rivers, canyons and whitewashed colonial...
Medellin athletes race mountain, defy gravity
Medellin athletes will launch an attack on gravity in a death defying night-time downhill race on BMX bicycles, tricycles, skateboards, and roller-skates on November 4. At 8:30PM, the dare-devils will take to the vertical Avenue...
Tourist dies on bungee jump
Adventure turned to tragedy Tuesday when a bungee cord snapped on the Miraflores bridge in central Colombia, killing a tourist. “At that moment you heard a silence super ugly, and this bridge became hell as organizers ran...
