Time Lapse Test: Station Fire from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.

What can this 747 do? Well, it can drop about 20,000 gallons of retardant or water.

Check out the video below to see it in action. If you want to see the good parts and not have to listen to the Fox11 anchors talking their normal nonsense, then just skip to 3:30 and 10:00.

Also, here’s an article to debate over from the LA Times, “Air tanker drops in wildfires often just for show.” What do you think?

And my other VOTD post which includes a swarm of dolphins.

I must say though, that these are some crazy mofo’s.

This is the ultimate mud run. Looks like a lot of fun though. All that’s missing is the machine gun fire to help motivate the contestants along.

I’ve got to find one like this in the area. The USMC mud run always fills up fast.

Read the full article after the jump

Competitors from 25 countries took part in the Tough Guy challenge at Perton, south Staffordshire, with many choosing to wear fancy dress or little clothing at all. One contestant took part in the challenge wearing a Borat-style “Mankini”.

Those courageous enough to enter had to brave the bitterly cold conditions sweeping Britain to take part in an Army-style assault course, and are advised beforehand to undertake “cold water training” to guard against the threat of hypothermia.

The challengers began the race, now in its 23rd year, with a cross-country run and are then challenged by 21 different obstacles including tunnels and swaps to complete the course.

Thousands of competitors walked on hot coals, swam through underwater tunnels and braved electric fences across the 150-acre site.

On the event’s website it says: “The event is uniquely fear ridden and you need to be fit in both body and spirit to survive the ordeal.

“You will not be alone, thousands will be by your side. There you will find the true spirit of Tough Guy.”

Competitors must sign a “Death Warrant disclaimer” before taking part.

The event claims to be the safest most dangerous taste of mental physical pain and endurance on earth.

From the Telegraph.co.uk, ‘Tough Guys’ take part in ultimate endurance test

Here are multiple clips for your enjoyment.

Quote of the clip: “…I was jitterbugging that very night!”

Best scene of the clip: Somersaulting and back flipping down the mountain.

Quote of the clip: “…getting light-headed. Good…no heavy head to carry. Wait, I’ll just take that escalator…”

There’s extreme hiking, and then there’s this. There’s no way that this guy is clipped in. His movements are too smooth and fast to allow him enough time to repeatedly clip and unclip him from the rail. Plus, his antics on the single rail got my heart racing. Pretty intense.

Read the history after the jump.

In 1901 it was obvious that the workers of the Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide transport of materials, vigilance and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway lasted four years. It was finished in 1905.

In 1921 the king Alfonso XIII had to cross the walkway for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce, and it became known by its present name.
The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter (3 ft) in width, and is over 700 feet (200 m) tall. Nearly all of the path has no handrail. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall. Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway.

The regional government of Andalusia budgeted for 2006 a restoration plan estimated at € 7 million.

Just wait for 34 seconds in. That’s where things get crazy.