Cricket Block

A guide crosses a hippo-filled Botswana river for $34 MILLION to fund her village school. At 0:11 a hippo surfaces and she freezes mid-pole. Would you take this challenge?

She crosses a raging Moab canyon river for $42 MILLION to keep her father's ranch. The current takes her feet at 0:11 and she pendulums back on the rope. What a save.

A crane operator climbs a storm-lashed tower crane in Chicago for $50 MILLION to save her husband's business. Lightning cracks at 0:11 and she keeps climbing. Unbelievable.

She sinks in a Maine quicksand bog for $24 MILLION to save her mother's farm. At 0:11 she's chest-deep and stops fighting — watch the technique that floats her out.

A caver escapes a flooding Mammoth Cave passage for $37 MILLION to fund her sister's therapy. The water rises at 0:11 and she dives through the sump on one breath. Chills.

She crosses an Everglades gator channel for $26 MILLION to fund her daughter's education. The water ripples at 0:11 and she moves WITHOUT splashing. Nerve of steel.

A free climber scales a sea stack in a rising storm for $31 MILLION to pay for her brother's rehab. Waves slam the rock at 0:11 and she holds on with fingertips. Insane grip.

A lineworker climbs an ice-coated tower in a Tulsa ice storm for $33 MILLION to save her family's home. At 0:11 the ice cracks under her boot and she locks in with her spikes. Respect.

She climbs a ladder across a Khumbu Icefall crevasse for $60 MILLION to rebuild her father's Sherpa lodge. The ladder shifts at 0:11 and she freezes mid-step. Would you?

A canopy researcher crosses the redwood treetops for $44 MILLION to keep her sister's lab funded. The rope bridge snaps at 0:11 — watch her catch the safety line mid-fall.