Richard Bangs Adventures - Video

Actress-turned-activist Daryl Hannah tells Richard Bangs of her commitment to local issues and how they are connected with global ones.

You don't really ever want to try canyoning without someone who "knows the ropes." Chris Darwin, direct descendent of Charles Darwin, shows how survival of the fittest plays out in Australia's Blue Mountains.

The bridge that links North Sydney with the main city has been climbed by the daring since it was erected, and now it's an "extreme adventure" for everyone. Join Jonathan Chester on this return to the scene of his youthful follies.

What does it take to be a wildlife photographer? Watch and learn from Jonathan Chester, a true professional in a competitive field.

Richard Bangs and Jonathan Chester wrap up the Australia Expedition with photographing the Little Penguins at Phillip Island, near Melbourne, in this nocturnal ritual.

Melbourne is one of the few cities in the world where ballooning is permitted over a major metropolitan area. Let's see what it looks like...

Made with batter-fried shark, flake and chips is a favorite local dish for many Australians. Jonathan Chester and Richard Bangs compare old scar stories over a plate for lunch.

Jonathan Chester and Richard Bangs go diving with the sharks in the Melbourne Aquarium.

Professional diver Warwick McDonald lives to tell his story about being attacked by a shark.

Didrik Johnck launches off a 165-foot bungee jump at AJ Hackett's near Cairns, Australia. With the camera rolling...

Keely Naden, Aborigine of the Kuku Yalangi Tribe, describes how her ancestors are descendents of animals, including the crocodile.

David Leyden talks about Australia's most ferocious beast, the saltwater crocodile.

Have a look at what it's like to be inside the raft, hanging tight through one of the roughest rapids in the Southern Hemisphere.

Watch RBA's travels behind the scenes with the Travelocity Gnome during Expedition Australia.

John McCrossin, or "Johnny Mac," speaks of guiding rafting trips down Australia's Johnstone River.

Rad action from the five-day Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colo. - adventure in the extreme

At the Teva Mountain Games the freeride cyclists catch big air like you wouldn't believe.

Freeriders live up to their name by challenging a difficult course with aplomb and attitude, and a few spills along the way.

In the Teva Mountain Games bouldering competition, the young and the fit test their strength against the peers, the best climbers in the world.

When Nikki Kelly contested her second-place finish in the Homestake Creek paddle race, the Teva Mountain Games judges had this video assembled to re-calculate her winning time.

We take to the streets of Vail at the Teva Mountain Games to find out what the champion kayakers, cyclists, runners and others eat to come in first.

Jonathan Chester has spent a lifetime as an extreme photographer. He's survived some of the most dangerous locations on earth, and come back with the pictures to prove it.

Cameron Harms of Wrotham Park guides us through the process of a modern day cattle muster.

Matt Wright, helicopter musterer, talks about his work and the dangers of flying his chopper in the Outback.

Watch as Richard Bangs and extreme photographer Jonathan Chester explore extreme Australia.

Nineteen year-old Pat Keller of North Carolina beat out the world's top kayakers to take first in the Homestake Creek Race in the Teva Mountain Games.

At the 2006 Teva Mountain Games, the world's top kayakers gather to compete in one of the toughest runs on earth, down a steep quater mile of Homestake Creek.

At the 2006 Teva Mountain Games, the world's top kayakers gather to compete on one of the toughest runs on earth, down a steep quarter mile of Homestake Creek.

Lindsay Yaw reports from creekside at the Teva Mountain Games inaugural races in Vail, Colo.

Who said tubing wasn't an extreme sport? Follow its leading practitioner "Zoltan" at last year's Teva Mountain Games as he brings his European sports style to Vail, Colo. (This video won the Teva Games' Filmmaker's Shootout in 2005.)

The RBA crew concluded their descent of the Jordan with a journey through the Negev Desert to Eilat on the Red Sea.

Dancing down the Jordan, from the holy springs at Benias to the Dead Sea. 101 seconds of images and action with musical moods by Yefim Gelman of the Tiberias Symphony.

Seven thousand people follow in the footsteps of Jesus for a baptism.

Tourism can play an influential role for change.

The lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, remains a popular and playful tourist destination.

The Dead Sea is dropping in depth annually. Is there hope for it's future?

Richard Bangs investigates the mystery of what happens to the fresh water flow of the Jordan River.

The only regional environmental organization that brings together Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian environmentalist for one common objective.

Father Erinarchos, a leader of peace, holds open arms to his church for the world to visit.