11William Lamm
In 1989, a scuba diver named William Lamm was sucked up by an intake pipe of a nuclear power plant, dragged over 1,600 feet, and deposited in one of the reactor cooling ponds. He lived.
12Brad Treat
In 2016, a Forest Service Officer named Brad Treat took a blind turn while mountain biking at 30 mph. He crashed into a large grizzly bear that was sitting on the trail and was immediately mauled to death in response to the collision.
13Erik Weihenmayer
Erik Weihenmayer is a blind rock climber who uses prosthetic "eyes" that translate images to electrical impulses he feels on his tongue. He became the only blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 25, 2001.
14Jan Davis
On October 23, 1999, BASE jumper and stuntwoman Jan Davis made a protest jump off El Capitan in Yosemite National Park to lift Yosemite's BASE jumping ban. She died in the process. The ban remains intact.
15Todd Endris
A surfer named Todd Endris was once attacked by a white shark. Dolphins came to his rescue, by forming a protective ring around him, keeping the shark from chomping off the flesh from his leg to the bone, and by getting him to shore safely.
16Alex Honnold
American rock climber Alex Honnold holds the speed record for free climbing up a 2,900 foot Yosemite Valley mountain called "The Nose" in just 2 hours and 23 minutes without the use of ropes, safety harnesses or any other protective gear.
17Starkell family trip
One of the longest canoe trip every taken was 12,182 miles from Winnipeg, Canada all the way to the mouth of the Amazon River in Belém, Brazil. It took a father and his sons, 23 months to complete the journey.
