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The California Academy of Sciences, US Fish and Wildlife
Service and PRBO  Conservation
Science have teamed up to provide live streaming
video direct from San Francisco's Farallon Islands, the location
of our US great white shark adventures. A web
cam capable of being controlled remotely has been placed atop the
island's lighthouse. Researchers hope to use the camera to observe breeding
bird, seal and sea lion colonies. They also believe it can be used to
observe ocean conditions, whales and possibly, just possibly, great
white sharks.
The new web cam does have some glitches. It seems to not
work more than it does work. But trust us, when it is working, the  view
is pretty amazing. We've bookmarked the website and check the camera
often and suggest other shark and nature lovers do the same. Here is the
link.
IA's great white shark
expeditions to San Francisco's Farallon Islands begin September
26th and continue through November 14th. Space on our two shark
boats is limited. One day trips are $875. Two day trips are $1175 and
one day topside-only spots are available for $375. For more information,
contact Jane at 800-644-7382.
Greg Gets Goofy Without Oxygen
 IA's
Greg Claxton was on the road again in August, testing yet another space
adventure. He was one of several "test dummies" invited to preview XCOR
Aerospace and Rocketship Tours' suborbital flight training program
in Arizona. Highlights for Greg were high-g flight in an aerobatic plane
and the time he spent in a hyperbaric chamber learning first-hand the
effects of oxygen deprivation at high-altitude. (Reports are that Greg
got very, very silly when deprived of oxygen in the pressure chamber.
Those of us who work with Greg on a daily basis know that Greg gets
silly even when he has oxygen.)
 You
can read more about XCOR Aerospace's suborbital space plane,
the Lynx, on our website. The vehicle is being built to take
a pilot and single passenger "beyond the edge of space" to an altitude
of 200,000 feet or higher for a price of $95,000. Incredible Adventures
is taking advance reservations for the high-altitude adventures now.
Contact Adventure Tester Greg
for more info.
 Incredible
Adventures is teaming up with Conscious Breath Adventures to offer "swimming
with the whales" along the Dominican Republic's legendary Silver Bank.
This isn't a dive adventure, and technically, you won't be swimming
with the whales either.
Conscious Breath Adventures holds one of the few permits
issued to conduct "soft-in-water" whale encounters within the Dominican
Republic's Marine Mammal Sanctuary. You'll float silently on the surface
of the water near "cooperative" whales, waiting for their natural curiousity
to draw them closer to you. The  adventures
make it possible for you to encounter humpback whales, in their environment
and on their terms.
Week-long adventures on the Silver Bank aboard
the M/V Sun Dancer are offered in February, March and April. The
cost is approximately $3500 per person, plus airfare. (The price
estimate includes estimated Sanctuary and Port fees and crew gratuity.)
This adventure is so new, it hasn't made it on to our website yet, so
if you want details, call or write Jane.
Everest Skydiver Makes History Over Baghdad
 Last
October, Incredible Adventures customer Fareed Lafta made history by
becoming one of the first to Skydive Over Everest.
This June, Fareed made another historic skydive, but not
the one we thought he was going to make. Fareed was scheduled
to join Incredible Adventures in Alaska and become one of the first
to Skydive Denali. Unfortunately, the well-known
Iraqi adventurer's request for a tourist visa to enter the US was
denied.
So, instead of skydiving higher than Alaska's Mt McKinley in June, Fareed returned
to Baghdad from his home in Dubai at the invitation of Iraq's Prime
Minister and made a very special "jump for peace" over the
war-torn city. You can read about his skydive over Baghdad, and his
quest to become the first Iraqi in space here.
If you're interested in making your own Everest Skydive or starting your own training for a trip to space, contact
Incredible Adventures.
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Thunder City Jets to Perform in South Africa's Premier
Air Show
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 Held
every other year, the air show and fly-in at Air Force Base Overberg
in Bredasdorp, South Africa is considered one of the country's
premier aviation events. It is one of only two air shows presented
by the South African Air Force.
Our Cape Town Jets dazzled Overberg
air show crowds in 2007 and will be featured performers again
this year. You can be part of the excitement. Attend the show
as a VIP November 13 & 14, then return to Cape Town for a
flight in the incredible English Electric Lightning, BAE Buccaneer
or Hawker Hunter. For more info, contact
Greg.
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HALO Returns to the Land of Elvis
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 High
Altitude Low Open
Skydiving returns to Memphis, Tennessee after a one year hiatus.
Kevin Holbrook and the Halojumper team are once again making 30,000
ft skydives from a King Air in the city that gave us the King
of Rock and Roll. Tandem jumps are available all year long
at a price of $3495 per person. No skydiving experience is necessary
to make one of the world's most extreme jumps. (HALO jumps are
still offered in Lumberton, MS, but on a limited basis.) For details,
call 800-644-7382 or visit our website.
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 "The
HALO jump was a breathtaking
experience and the most exciting thing I have ever done (besides
being in two wars in the Middle East).
I was impressed by the dedication and professionalism of all
staff members involved and NEVER felt unsafe or unprotected. I
can HIGHLY recommend this experience to anyone who can stomach
jumping out of a plane at almost 30,000 feet."
~ Yours, Bernd
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Adventure Stuff to Know
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 We've
still got room for you on the boat. Join the crew of the Nautilus
Explorer for a five-day liveaboard adventure and cage dive with the great white sharks of Isla
Guadalupe. Trips depart in September, October & November
from San Diego.
 Be
a Firefighter for a Day. Fight fires. Drive
a fire truck. Play with all the cool firefighting equipment. Join
us for a "hot" action-packed adventure September 26th in Orlando,
Florida. The cost is $995 per person.
Go Weightless Over Vegas September 19th. "Space"
is still available aboard Zero Gravity's weightless plane. The
cost is $5197 per person.
 Air
Combat USA travels to the East Coast of the US in September.
Experience the thrill of aerial combat in Long Island, September
12-14 and Boston, September 26-28.
 Spend
Halloween in a shark cage with Sharky Jill. Our next Bahamas
Tiger Shark Adventure is scheduled for October 31st.
Cage dives are $875 and topside adventures are $375.
For details on these and any other of our incredible adventures,
call, write, Skype, IM or show up on
our doorstep (our contact info is here).
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800-644-7382 / 941-346-2603
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