Adventure Cross Davis

Swimming with a horse can be a lot of fun, but safety is paramount. Tying a rope around a horse’s neck and dragging a raft can be dangerous for several reasons:1.Risk of Spooking: Horses can easily get spooked, especially in water, leading to unpredictable and potentially dangerous behavior.2.Entanglement: The rope could wrap around the horse’s legs, neck, or even the rider’s leg, causing injury or drowning.3.Panic Response: If the horse feels restrained by the rope, it may panic, increasing ...

What starts out as an adventure to climb Mount Whitney—the tallest peak in the lower 48 states—turns into a day of altitude sickness and fear. Altitude affects people differently, sometimes even altering their personalities. The altitude on Whitney impacted their climbing partner, Big Ike, adversely. To make matters worse, on the descent, Dusty and Honey get separated. With over 500 square miles to search, Dusty fears he may never see his daughter again.Support the Show.

Striving for greatness in multiple sports—racing bicycles in Italy, competing in waterski jumping, and showing horses—led to the development of bulimia and overtraining syndrome. Overtraining syndrome (OTS) is a condition where athletic performance declines due to an imbalance between too much training and not enough recovery. Support the Show.

How do you stay sharp and race your dirtbike for 24 hours? Dusty Davis demonstrated grit and endurance, riding through the night and overcoming heat, sweat, trees, sand, and fierce competition to clinch the Ironman Single Rider division at the Perry Mountain 24-Hour Challenge.Support the Show.

If you play hard, you’re bound to break a few bones. Cole Davis knows this all too well. He’s broken his hand and arm in a motocross accident, fractured both feet in a rock climbing fall, and sustained multiple contusions from mountain biking. But when he broke his back snowboarding, he wondered if his adventurous days were over.Support the Show.

Alabama summers are hot! When you ride your horse bareback, the horse hair sticks to your legs, making you look like Mr. Tumnus from Narnia. Skinny-dipping seemed like a great idea, at the time, but what happens when they sink under the muddy water of the Cahaba River. How do you ride home then? At least Lady Godiva had long hair to cover herself when she rode through town without a stitch on.Support the Show.