Over the years, Omer's adventures and stunts have been documented in magazines and newspapers around the world. The unique and thrilling way in which the stories are told, enables readers to actualy live the moment as if it were them rappeling down a long rope deep underground or base jumping off the Eiffel tower.
Following are highlights from the main stories.
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The amazing story of the first ascent peak climbing and base jumping in the Yangshuo
region in south-west China. Thousands peaks, one hot air balloon, two climbing mates
and the first cliff jump in china + a peak named by us. super.
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A long and beautiful journey through the continent of extreme and adventure. while the Rugby
world cup is on we enjoy the surfing/climbing/jumping/sailing and many more fun stuff in
Sydney - Australia. We learn about the surf life saving carnivals and meet the fans that arrived
from all over the world for the big tournament.
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- In march 2002 the first ever Extreme-Air competition was held in south Africa. The event encountered extreme sports teams from all over the world which had to perform variations of hard core extreme sports such as base jumping, rock climbing, free and scuba diving, canyoning, mountain biking and more. The athletes were to fly from one area to another on a Kudu plane that landing on dirt roads and beach strips, unloading their equipment and moving fast.
The wining Norwegian team finished the race in less the 12 ours being the strongest and fastest team. The movie and story documenting the event are one of the most interesting and spectacular extreme pieces ever made in that era.
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- Ice climbing and snowboarding in the amazing Banff national park and its surroundings is one of our latest filmed projects. The movie and article are truly spectacular taking place in that famous world wide piece of land that attracts adventure seekers from all over the globe.
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- Moab - the North American center of mountain biking, rock climbing and base jumping was our climb-base movie background. We traveled around Moab checking out the beautiful red sand stone rock with its long cracks and slippery bike trails in order to find a rock towers to climb and jump. The adventure and its story exceed all expectations.
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- Kayaking - extreme kayaking in three wild rivers of beautiful Turkey. Deep canyons that the human eye can see only while paddling were the arena of that unique project where four kayakers are challenging themselves in the most spectacular landscapes of the country.
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- Around the world in 62 days - Omer Mei-dan and photographer Barak Naggan traveled all over the world with the aim of finding each type of extreme sports ultimate spot on earth for performing the most extreme stunts and participating in the most dangerous adventures. These include wave surfing in Indonesia and Hawaii, feeding sharks in Fiji, sliding down an active volcano in Vanuatu Islands, solo-climbing up snow capped peaks of the New Zealand Alps and rock climbing on cliffs in the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Thailand.
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- In the midst of the north-eastern Mexican wilderness lies the deepest vertical cave in the world. The cave was discovered in 1956 and since has been visited by only a few people, including descendants of the Aztecs who live near by. Omer and his team arrived at the site in order to explore the cave (which is 512 meters deep) and its contents. After a few days of research and preparations Omer finished the mission by performing a base jump into the narrow mouth of the cave (deploying his chute after five seconds of free falling).
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- In 1996 Omer joined a prolonged climbing expedition to the Bolivian Andes. It is a mountain range that, relatively, few mountaineers choose to climb because of its location (far from any inhabited area) and the difficulties posed in terms of access and rescue (in case of a hitch or a disaster). Omer and his New Zealander partner, Eric Monasterio, climbed many difficult peaks during the time they spent together in the heights. They were the first to climb one of these summits, which they also named.
The story of this conquest and the accompanying pictures are breathtaking.
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- In the south of the Pacific Ocean, set between Fiji and New Caledonia on the way to New Zealand, lies the Vanuatu Archipelago: a group of 83 islands. Up until a number of decades ago, the islands, some uninhabited, were governed partly by France and partly by Britain. During WW2 the Americans used the place as a strategic stronghold against the Japanese army. We came there to scuba-dive to the belly of the largest ship wreck in the world, to feed ravenous, free-roaming sharks and to climb up an active volcano, known to take a number of lives each and every year. Then we went sendboarding down its scorching ashen slope. 120 dialects of a language spoken by fewer than 20,0000 people and one remarkable story.
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- In the course of one intensive month spent around Europe and Scandinavia, Omer, along with Jeb and Yuri, performed an extraordinary research and experimentation mission. The team tested various wing suits, which allow jumpers to double (almost triple) their Freefall time. But contrary to the common testing method of jumping from a plane, the three examined the suit's limitations by jumping off cliffs in the North of Italy and surrounding Norwegian fjords. After that, Omer and Jeb proceeded to carry out the big project they had been planning for over a year – base jumping within the Eiffel Tower, beginning with a Freefall through the hole in its first level and landing at the tower's base. Totally awesome!!!
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- There are no surface-flow rivers in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The inhabitants of this area, descendants of the Mayas, rely on the "cenotes" - thousands of caves spread throughout the jungle and open land all over the peninsula. Omer and the famous cave explorer Guillermo de Andes dove through this dangerous subterranean maze of caves mapping new caves never before ventured by man in the process, and documenting Maya remains and impressive formations and stalactites found in them.
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- One of the most interesting sports in the world is undoubtedly FreeDiving. The human ability to descend dozens of meters under water without additional oxygen and hold the breath in excess of seven long minutes is incredible. We will learn about the unique physiology of Freediving and of the sensations experienced by those who engage in this special sport.
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- Description and classification of climbing and hiking routes on cliffs inside and surrounding Rio de Janeiro and in the area of Argentinean chocolate and ski city, Bariloche.
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