Breathtaking Adventures and Their Dangers

HIKING AND TREKKING MOUNTAIN BIKING Mountain biking is the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain This sport has become increasingly popular because of the growing consciousness of healthy living and little-to-no cost activity. Adventures And Their Breathtaking RISKS: The primary risk factors include slippery road surfaces, falling from significant heights, spinal cord & head injuries, handbreak failures. RISKS: However it can get riskier due to elements like- dangerous weather conditions, animal attacks, difficulty in asking for help in a different country Dangers! BUNJEE JUMPING SCUBA DIVING This sport is a wonder in itself because you sail across live corals and beautiful harmless fish, going inside underwater caves and home o millions of fish. An activity that involves falling down several hundreds of ft. while connected to an elastic rope with a body harness. The thrill comes from free falling and the rebound RISKS: Safety harness can fail, the cord length can be miscalculated, breakage of cord, whiplash injuries- 1) broken neck 2) quadriplegia, eye sight damage, retinal haemorrhage. RISKS: The major risk lies in untrained diver and the poor equipments. Injuries due to change in pressure, rapid ascent/ violent water movement, poor buoyancy control, gas supply issues,unusual attack by sea creatures. SKIING SKY DIVING One of the most popular adventures, it is for them who loves to stay outdoors in winter. The sport requires the person to slide over the top of snow on skateboards. Always found on the top of everyone's bucketlist, this sport requires you to jump from an airplane and deploy the parachute at the right time have an easy coast to the ground RISKS: A considerable amout of risk lies in RISKS: Injuries in the knee due to skids over the ice, paralysis, snowboarder's ankle, thumb, wrist and head injuries. parachute not opening up, getting unconscious during free fall, poor landing on the ground, crashing into buidlings/trees. PARA-GLIDING KAYAKING An experience that gives you an opportunity to soar high in the beautiful skies,para gliders are free flying, light weight glider aircraft which is launched by foot. Gliding along the water of a lake/ocean with the use of kayak is worth the experience. It is not inherently dangerous, however, one needs to have a proper knowledge about the sport and its environment. Infographics by VisitorsCoverage Travel Insurance Solutions www.VisitorsCoverage.com RISKS: The possible hazards are spinal cord injuries, upper and lower limb fractures, and head injuries, poor landing. If the wings are not properly designed for the pilots, it can have devastating results. RISKS: The main obstacle here is capsizing. It gets difficult to get back into the kayak in the freezing waters. Slipping or tripping. Hurting your back by heavy lifting. G © Copyrights VisitorsCoverage Inc. All Rights Reserved.