From avoiding lava bombs while volcano boarding,to slacklining over a 300ft gorge. What makes some people risk their life for their sport?Any snowboarder visiting the island of Tanna in the South Pacific, as I did in 1995, or would have had the same thought when they set eyes on its volcano. Mount Yasur has a near-vertical,1,000ft pumice slope on its north side, and I looked at its treeless,virgin face and said to myself, I’ve got to proceed down that.”
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Source: theguardian.com