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Man Drops Himself Into Volcano and Takes a Selfie
Mashable ^ | 9/5 | BRIAN KOERBER

Posted on 09/07/2014 2:24:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Just when you thought your weekend plans were really exciting, a few guys had to go and jump into an active volcano.

Although George Kourounis, the adventurer responsible for the television series Angry Planet, is well known for extreme adventures, he really heated things up this time. (Sorry.) The good stuff starts at 1:10.

Joined by Sam Cossman and guided by adventure filmmakers and lava lovers Geoff Mackely, Brad Ambrose and Gareth Hawken, the team willingly dropped themselves into the Marum Crater, an active lava lake on the summit of the Ambrym Volcano in Vanuatu, an Oceanian island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean.

Kourounis even took a moment to snap one of the most dangerous and epic selfies of all time.

So, what were you up to this weekend?


TOPICS: Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: danger

1 posted on 09/07/2014 2:24:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Well, he won't catch ebola.

Unless it's mutated more than I think it has.

2 posted on 09/07/2014 2:26:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: ClearCase_guy

He could’ve flown a hang glider over it, with one or two GoPros.


3 posted on 09/07/2014 2:39:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: nickcarraway

4 posted on 09/07/2014 2:45:42 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: nickcarraway
We have Giorgio A. Tsoukalos


running around looking for aliens without green cards.

And this Kourounis guy's descent jumping into active volcanoes!

Greeks are tearing it up!
5 posted on 09/07/2014 2:46:24 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: nickcarraway

Just go to a steel plant to view lava.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00332/Manufacturing_-_437_332102c.jpg


6 posted on 09/07/2014 4:14:32 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: nickcarraway
Give the man an Orange Crush.


7 posted on 09/07/2014 4:27:06 PM PDT by bgill
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To: nickcarraway

Racist.


8 posted on 09/07/2014 5:10:51 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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