For a day or a weekend, these 12 pour on the fun. Make a splash and cool down at these top Chicago area outdoor water parks. Forget indoor pools with fluorescent lights and chlorinated air. With sunshine, high temps and long summer days, it's time to splash around at some of the Chicago area's best outdoor water parks.
Bud Ekins, 77; stuntman did famous motorcycle jump in 'The Great Escape'. October 10, 2007|Dennis McLellan | Times Staff Writer. Bud Ekins, a pioneering champion off-road motorcyclist and a veteran stuntman who doubled for Steve McQueen on the famous motorcycle jump in The Great Escape, has died.
Shutterstock Scott Huntly set the world record in 2011 for most bungee jumps (107) in a 24 hour period at the Bloukrans Bridge in South Africa. The record was surpassed on March 21, 2014 by a man in Dubai who jumped off a 100 foot high crane 151 times in one day.