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Rock diving isn’t for everyone to try, but it sure is fun to watch the pros do it. Deadly jumps, twists and turns from high cliff tops and cliff edges belong to one of the world’s oldest extreme sports. In fact, cliff divers are depicted in Greek and Etruscan paintings dating back to BC. 5th and 6th centuries.
Fast forward to the 21st century. rock diving daredevils, usually skilled locals trained to carry on this heritage sport, can be found in various locations around the world for tourists. If you want to see it for yourself, here are a few places where you can witness these brave or crazy (your choice) athletes dive from the great heights they often are. quadruple The height of the highest diving platform in the Olympics, which is 10 meters high.
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Highest Height: 135 feet (41 meters)
Elvis helped make La Quebrada Cliff Divers famous. The flights were featured in his 1963 musical Fun in Acapulco, and tourists have been flocking to see them ever since. They perform several times each day, leaning with their bare hands over the steep cliffs of La Quebrada before leaping into the mere 12 feet of ocean water below at speeds of up to 55 mph. There is an observation deck for this must-see sight, and divers are usually on hand to greet visitors and get tips. For the best view, however, head to Mirador Acapulco Hotel’s La Perla restaurant, which offers spectacular views.
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Highest Height: 92 feet (28 meters)
The fjord of this town on the Amalfi Coast provides a natural springboard for cliff divers. Every July it holds the Mediterranean High Diving Championship. an event best viewed by renting a boat or joining a water excursion. Then you can recount the crazy acrobatics over an Italian feast and plenty of local limoncello.
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Highest Height: 89 feet (27 meters)
Jumping off Mostar’s Old Bridge (Stari Most) dates back to at least 1664. At the time, 16-year-old boys were encouraged to jump off the bridge as a right of passage to manhood. If you didn’t jump, it was predicted that your life would be a failure. (How’s that for motivation?) Today, members of the Mostar Diving Club regularly jump from the bridge into the frozen waters below. Visitors who are feeling brave can enroll in a diving school run by diving experts who are considered the keepers of the bridge. They will teach you how to fly safely, at progressively higher and higher altitudes. Those who complete the highest dive walk away with a certificate and a crazy story.
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Highest height: 85 feet (26 meters)
This medieval village is not only famous for its stunning alpine scenery and wonderful hikes. It is home to the World High Diving Federation (WHDF) and its cliffs host the WHDF Cliff Diving World Tour every July. Here you will find the best reef divers in the world training here.
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Highest height: 50 feet (15 meters)
La Quebrada isn’t the only place in Mexico where you can find skilled cliff divers. Mazatlán is home to an oceanfront rock garden also known as El Clavadista (translated as “the diver”). The park is an easily accessible area to watch the skilled locals gracefully jump into the waters below. It’s been a tradition since the mid-1950s, and audience tips are appreciated. Although the height of Mazatlán Rock is nowhere near as intimidating as La Quebrada, the shallowness of the water certainly is. it’s only 6 feet. Divers must perform with extreme precision to make jumps here.
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Highest height: 35 feet (10.5 meters)
With a little liquid courage, you might be inspired to take a flight with the locals. Rick’s Cafe in Negril is a must for a few drinks and an acrobatic show at sunset. While most of the sunburnt tourists are taking the (quite fun) cannonball dive off the 35-foot cliff on which this legendary bar sits, the locals will wow you with more spectacular acrobatic dives into the Caribbean waters.
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Highest height: 30 feet (9 meters)
Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa has maintained the tradition since its opening in 1963. ceremonial cliff dive from Pu’u Keka’a, also known as Black Rock. The ritual takes place each night at sunset, accompanied by live music and guided historical narration. The dramatic lele kawa (rock plunge) honors the legend of Maui’s last chief, who flew from the sacred Puu Kekaa into the Pacific Ocean. With Hawaiian chants and torches lighting the way, the young diver retraces the Chief’s footsteps to the top before making a shocking dive into the ocean below.
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Highest height: 60 feet (18 meters)
Cliff diving in Dubrovnik, Croatia
The walled city of Dubrovnik is spotty Game of Thrones filming locations aren’t the only excitement visitors will find. Outside the city’s 13th-century walls on the seafront, you’ll find Buza Bar, a popular open-air drinking establishment built into the side of dramatic cliffs. Below the bar is Buza Beach, which isn’t much of a beach at all, but a series of rocks and small platforms where locals and tourists test their mettle by jumping nearly 60 feet into the Adriatic Sea.
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Leave it to energy drink brand Red Bull to sponsor this high-risk, high-adrenaline extreme sports world series that makes the Olympic diving platform look like child’s play. Every year in cities, towns and villages around the world, competitions are held that dazzle spectators who can only imagine what it’s like to dive from such crazy heights. Plan to be one of them – one of them audiences, that is, checking Red Bull’s Cliff Diving World Series website for updates on competition venues. Ireland, France, Norway, Azerbaijan. these are some of the countries that have hosted competitions that usually run from June to October.
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