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Land diving is a rite of passage for the island’s young men. FAST FACTS One of the world’s highest bungee jumps is the Macau Tower in China. Sending adrenaline junkies spiraling down from a 764-ft (233-m) platform on the tower’s outer rim, there is a six- second freefall before the elastic
The divers leap from platforms that may be more than 65 ft (20 m) off the ground.
LUCKY ESCAPE The land diving ritual stems from a legend of an unhappy marriage, in which a woman was running through the jungle desperate to escape her pesky husband. She climbed a tree with him hot on her heels, tied a vine to her ankle, and jumped. She landed safel
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