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Michael Turner Makes the World His Playground

Free Runner Michael Turner turns fear into courage and the landscape into a playground. Mike climbs, leaps, flips, and vaults across walls, rocks, trees, and rooftops, leaping up to 15 feet between standing objects.

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  • Play Adrenaline Lab Webisodes
    16 Clips Playlist Adrenaline Lab Webisodes

    (35:28)

    Meet extreme athletes on their quest for a huge adrenaline rush. Bear Grylls finds out what keeps them going on their quest.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Behind the Scenes
    4 Clips Playlist Behind the Scenes at...

    (09:47)

    Pull back the curtain to get a glimpse of the wacky stunts taking place on the Adrenaline Lab set with Bear Grylls.
  • Play Favorite Adrenaline Moments
    8 Clips Playlist Discovery's Favorite...

    (09:01)

    Extreme athletes have different ways to catch an adrenaline rush. Check out these videos of extreme moments from the Adrenaline Lab.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Meet the Extreme Adventurers
    13 Clips Playlist Meet the Extreme Adventurers

    (03:19)

    Get the scoop on the world's most extreme adventurers in these ultra-fast video bios at the Adrenaline Lab.

Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play Adrenaline Lab: William Trubridge Free Dives 330 Feet Under the Sea
    William Trubridge Free Dives...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:29)

    31-year-old William Trubridge holds the world record in free diving. The New Zealander dives to over 330 feet, a place where sunlight no longer reaches, without the use of fins, ropes, weights - or oxygen tanks.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Ed Stafford Conquers the Amazon
    Ed Stafford Conquers the...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:23)

    Ed Stafford, world-renowned adventurer, spent two years trekking the entire length of the Amazon River, facing death on a daily basis. He was the first man to complete the entire, arduous 4,000 mile journey.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Bear Grylls HALO Jumps From 30,000 Feet
    Bear Grylls HALO Jumps From...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:04)

    HALO jumping from 30,000 feet, facing forces up to 5Gs, how did Bear Grylls manage his fear and focus on the experience of free falling at 200 mph?
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Carlo Traversi Free Climbs 50 Foot Boulders
    Carlo Traversi Free Climbs 50...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:18)

    Carlo Traversi explains how he conquers fear to hang from boulders 50 feet off the ground, upside down, with only his fingertips clinging to slivers of rock the width of a credit card.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Bear Grylls Power Paraglides Everest
    Bear Grylls Power Paraglides...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:35)

    When Bear Grylls flew his paraglider over the summit of Mt. Everest, enduring temperatures 100 degree below zero and winds the speed of a Category Five hurricane, what was going through his mind?
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Paul Stender Races 400 MPH Jet Cars
    Paul Stender Races 400 MPH Jet...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:25)

    Paul Stender, extreme speed demon, races jet-propelled vehicles at nearly 400 MPH. How does he face down fear after crashes that have broken 26 bones, given him 3 concussions, and once popped his eyes out of their sockets?
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Tao Berman Kayaks 98 Foot Waterfall
    Tao Berman Kayaks 98 Foot...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:14)

    Tao Berman is a three-time world record holder in white water kayaking. This thrill-seeker talks to Bear Grylls about how confidence helped him survive a 98-foot waterfall drop.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Will Skudin Surfs Waves Five Stories High
    Will Skudin Surfs Waves Five...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:15)

    How did Will conquer fear when a giant wave at Todos Santos drove him 50 feet under water, with the force of a 5-ton wrecking ball?
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Jeff Wise Explains Adrenaline's Power
    Jeff Wise Explains...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:07)

    Writer and adventurer Jeff Wise explains the biology of an adrenaline rush, an ancient evolutionary response that gives us temporarily "superhuman" control over our bodies and brains.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Jeremy Jones Snowboards At 60 MPH
    Jeremy Jones Snowboards At 60...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:17)

    Snowboarding at up to 60 mph down chutes only 10 feet wide, Jeremy Jones turns his fear into confidence to ride some of the steepest and most inaccessible mountainsides in the world.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Kevin Jorgeson Free Climbs El Cap
    Kevin Jorgeson Free Climbs El...

    Adrenaline Lab (02:11)

    His breathing labored, his heart pounding, Kevin Jorgeson summoned the courage to ascend thirty glasslike pitches on one of the world's deadliest climbs: a 3,000 foot granite monolith known as El Capitan.
  • Play Adrenaline Lab: Ashley Battles Wing Walks 1,000 Feet High
    Ashley Battles Wing Walks...

    Adrenaline Lab (01:49)

    Riding atop a plane 1,000 feet in the air and traveling at 100 mph, Ashley fearlessly walks the wings while the aircraft rolls, soars, and dives over San Francisco Bay.
 

The thrill of adrenaline is an inner power surge that drives us higher up the mountain, further into the canyon, and farther out to sea then we ever thought possible. The Adrenaline Lab honors that drive and brings inspiring stories of real people who push the limits to explore, conquer, and endure the most hair-raising thrills imaginable.

 
 

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