We all know that our ancestors from ancient history loved their extreme sports and frankly insane games. If you look around the modern societies in the world though, it would seem this hasn’t changed much at all. We still love to test ourselves and see if we can push as close to the limits of human endurance as possible without actually dying.
Here are the ten most dangerous modern sports around right now:
10 – Cliff Diving

Cliff Diving
This is not the sport for you if you don’t like heights! Cliff Diving involves, well climbing up to the top of a big cliff and diving off it into the sea below. The very simplicity is its key as well as the sheer danger the divers are facing with every leap. According to statistics, around two-thirds of sporting related spinal cord injuries in the USA are sustained as a result of a diving incident. Injuries can occur, usually from hitting the cliff or rocks on the way down or not entering into the water properly. You don’t want to belly flop in from that height trust me!
09 – Hoi Phet

Hoi Phet
I’m not actually sure if this counts as a sport at all really but I had to include as its so unsafe. Played in the village of Hien Quan in Vietnam, the whole village come together in what is a mix of hockey and cricket with the violence turned up lots. Villagers wildly swing long wooden bats around in a vague attempt to hit the small red ball although it seems many use the game to settle old scores.
08 – Wife Carrying

Wife Carrying – By Sagaldg333 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
07 – Tough Guy Challenge

Tough Guy Challenge – A-punkt at the German language Wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
06 – Buzkashi

Buzkashi – By Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA (Buzkashi) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
05 – Base Jumping

Base Jumping – By Kontizas Dimitrios (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
04 – Heli-Skiing

Heli Skiing – By No machine-readable author provided. Darryns assumed (based on copyright claims). [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
03 – Cave Diving

Cave Diving – By Wusel007 (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
02 – Big Wave Surfing

Big Wave Surfing – By Shalom Jacobovitz (SJ1_8558) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
01 – Pamplona Bull Run

Pamplona Bull Run – By The original uploader was Bernard bill5 at Dutch WikipediaLater version(s) were uploaded by Kameraad Pjotr at nl.wikipedia.(Original text: iboff) (www.sxc.hu) [CC BY-SA 2.5, GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
As you can see, people from ancient history don’t have the monopoly on coming up with interesting ways to spend their spare time. Modern extreme sports can offer just as much excitement and craziness as well as taking away the breath of onlookers. One thing is for sure – you need to think carefully about the dangers before deciding to take any up.