Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Liv Williams Editor www iLivExtreme com Reading Adviser Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Photo Credits Dean Treml Red Bull Content Pool 5 Paulo Calisto Red Bull Content Pool 6 Romina Amato Red Bull Content Pool 8 Romina Amato Red Bull Content Pool 11 Action Images ZUMAPRESS Newscom 13 Ray Demski Red Bull Content Pool 15 Dean Treml Red Bull Content Pool 17 Tomislav Moze Red Bull Content Pool 19 Romina Amato Red Bull Content Pool 21 Gary Hartz Dreamstime com 23 Romina Amato Red Bull Content Pool 24 robcocquyt shutterstock com 27 Duncan Soar Alamy Stock Photo 29 Trusjom Shutterstock com multiple interior pages Kues Shutterstock com multiple interior pages Copyright 2017 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher 45th Parallel Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Loh-Hagan Virginia Title Extreme cliff diving by Virginia Loh-Hagan Description Ann Arbor Cherry Lake Publishing 2016 Series Nailed it Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2015049729 ISBN 9781634710893 hardcover ISBN 9781634711883 pdf ISBN 9781634712873 paperback ISBN 9781634713863 ebook Subjects LCSH Cliff diving Juvenile literature Extreme sports Juvenile literature Classification LCC GV838 67 C55 L65 2016 DDC 797 2 dc23 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2015049729 Blue C 27 M 13 Y 0 K 0 Green C 35 M 0 Y 70 K 0 Blue PMS 277 Green PMS 366 Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author university professor former classroom teacher and curriculum designer Instead of diving off cliffs she likes diving into cheese dips She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs To learn more about her visit www virginialoh com 2
Table of Contents About the Author 2 Chapter 1 Diving Heroes 4 Chapter 2 Daring Diving 10 Chapter 3 Diving Dangers 16 Chapter 4 Developing Cliff Diving 22 Chapter 5 Future of Cliff Diving 26 Did You Know 30 Consider This 31 Learn More 31 Glossary 32 Index 32
1 Diving Heroes Who are some famous cliff divers What makes them special Ginger Huber went to the end of the cliff She took a deep breath She relaxed her shoulders She trusted herself She knew what she was doing She didn’t have time to count to three She didn’t want to change her mind She dived Her rear end faced the water She couldn’t see the water Most female cliff divers won’t do this move It’s called the Flying Front She won awards for it She competes in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
She trains She needs high cliffs She has to drive to faraway places She finds a way Laso Schaller jumped from a 193-foot 59 meters cliff He leaned forward a little He tensed his body He folded his hands His hands were in front of his hips He dived He braced for the impact on his face Impact means to hit something hard He went over 75 miles 121 kilometers an hour He was in the air for 3 58 seconds The World High Diving Federation requires scuba divers to be present for dives over 65 feet 20 meters high
