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Salter renders these treacherous ascents in spartan, crystalline prose, finding in the death-defying thrills of mountaineering something like a religious experience.
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Calum Marsh, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
All that extra sugar pairs perfectly with a death-defying run off the cabin’s namesake, Jackson Hole’s famous Corbet’s Couloir.
—Lizzy Rosenberg, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
Naim Chidiac/Red Bull Content Pool View 6 Images Estonian daredevil Jaan Roose offers us a bird's eye view of Dubai with his latest death-defying stunt: a 330-ft stroll between two of its skyscrapers with a 700-ft drop beneath him.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
Hardy’s death-defying stunts will live in the minds of fans for the rest of their lives.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Calum Marsh, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
All that extra sugar pairs perfectly with a death-defying run off the cabin’s namesake, Jackson Hole’s famous Corbet’s Couloir.
—Lizzy Rosenberg, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
Naim Chidiac/Red Bull Content Pool View 6 Images Estonian daredevil Jaan Roose offers us a bird's eye view of Dubai with his latest death-defying stunt: a 330-ft stroll between two of its skyscrapers with a 700-ft drop beneath him.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
Hardy’s death-defying stunts will live in the minds of fans for the rest of their lives.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Death-defying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death-defying. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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