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Crash Landing in the African Bush
www.bbc.co.uk/nature ...
Interview with the plane crash survivor Greg Rasmussen (Thrown to the Lions) who runs the African Wild Dog Project.

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
www.davidshepherd.org
Responsible for funding a lot of Greg Rasmussen's (Thrown to the Lions) work and one of the best conservation organisations around.

Extreme Sports Channel
www.extreme.com
This UK-based outfit has tons of useful stuff on their site, including an extreme sports diary covering events across the UK via Poland, South Africa and the United States.

Geert van Keulen
www.geertvankeulen.com
Website of the hiking partner of Warren Macdonald (Trapped Under a Boulder).

I Shouldn't Be Alive
www.livescience.com/discoverychannel/isba/
Interview with Alive series producer John Smithson with video clips of some of the programmes.

The Lessons of Love
www.psychologytoday.com ...
Article from Psychology Today that describes the relationship between love and anxiety or fear.

The List: An ice climber's sad diary by James P Sweeney
www.anchoragepress.com ...
Published in 2004 this is a diary extract from Jim Sweeney (Avalanche Alley).

Painted Dog Conservation
www.painteddog.org
Conservation project founded by Greg Rasmussen who fell out of the sky in a microlight.

The Personality Project
www.personality-project.org/personality.html
Lots of information about the theories behind different personality types and a chance to carry out an online personality test.

Risk – Psychology Today
www.psychologytoday.com ...
Interesting article that discusses why high-risk sports have never been more popular.

Risk Taking.co.uk
www.risktaking.co.uk/
Fascinating look at the psychology of human risk-taking, with different theories presented. Also covers high-risk sports and behaviours.

Warren Macdonald
www.warren-macdonald.com
Website of the hiking partner of Geert van Keulen (Trapped Under a Boulder).

Wildcru
www.wildcru.org/index.htm
Wildlife conservation unit at Oxford University headed by David MacDonald. Greg Rasmussen (Thrown to the Lions) is part of the research team there.

Wilderness Survival
www.wilderness-survival.net/
A huge amount of useful advice, with tips on how to survive in a wide range of life-threatening situations, plus the psychology of survival and a survival quiz.

Yossi Ghinsberg
www.ghinsberg.com
Website of the one of the survivors from Escape from the Amazon.

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