On our recent excursion to the American Southwest Doug Jaeger found out what people do for fun in Arizona. Put ladders up to telephone poles, climb up those poles and then leap from the poles wearing various forms of helmetry and suspension gear.

You might surmise that this form of entertainment is popular in the Arizona desert because of a lack of shopping malls, but that would be incorrect.

There are an abundance of malls in Arizona. Some might say too many. They have names like Arrowhead Towne Center and Fashion Square.

We can only conclude that this form of controlled risk taking is a response to the sheltered, air-conditioned environments fostered by malls.

People need the cathartic leap or they will go crazy. It puts the world in the palm of your hand.

Want to grab the sky? Come adventure with us.