For her 63rd birthday, the American teacher Annie Edison Taylor decided to become the 1st person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel... instead of just baking a bd cake :P
On October 24, 1901, This fearless badass woman climbed inside a barrel along with her lucky heart-shaped pillow and made a crazy 20 min. trip by the Niagara River currents towards the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
After the journey, Annie told the press:
"If it was with my dying breath, I would caution anyone against attempting the feat... I would sooner walk up to the mouth of a cannon, knowing it was going to blow me to pieces than make another trip over the Fall."
Sounds as crazy as if I was making it all up, right? But how can we not trust what wikipedia says?! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Edson_Taylor
Do you have any dumb crazy idea that you wanna get to accomplish? (or maybe you did already??) Tell us about it and give me ideas for stuff to do in my next bd :P
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Very cool! She's a real badass, I 'm going to think what craziness I did before or what craziness I want to do now, let me check....(I laughed at my thought)... I can't share it, you'll gonna kill me.
Yeah sure... Thanks Roman!
Ada, yeah it can be also seen as a sad story. But I prefer just to think that the woman carried out her idea/dream, no matter how crazy it was or how crazy some ppl could think she was ;)
I hope you can accomplish your 'crazy idea' soon... And I wish you could take me with you in one of your suitcases! :D
Estanis, yeah 'motivating' for some, 'crazy' for others.
Okay, I hope you can tell us your 'crazy stuff' soon here. And yes, I guess we only live once... if you don't believe in resurrection, parallel universes /multiuniverses, or an afterlife.
Thanks for dropping by!
... yes I have some idea but I prefer letting you know when/if I accomplished it.
It's said that we only live once, right? :)
Dear Mary, Thank you for the lovely photo and the story!
Sadly she couldn't make any money is int and the barrel keep on disappearing. Her story made me sad though.
My crazy idea (not very crazy) is around the world in a year. I would like to see the wonders with my own eyes. Hopefully in few years!
Wish me luck!