Usually gravity is not on our “top ten list of fun things”. It keeps us from flying off the planet – so it’s
got that going for it - but not too many people are yelling, “Lucky there was gravity,
or there could have been problems.”
Really, the most fun we seem to have with gravity is when it does not
appear to be there, like in the videos we see from the space shuttle
(NEWSFLASH: gravity is still fairly strong up there, but that’s a topic covered
a few months from now).
That said…a lot of the “extreme” things we do, would not be
so extreme without gravity. Bungee
jumping would be “bungee hovering”; skydiving would be boring, and mountain
climbing would lose a lot of its reputation for risk and danger.
What’s the “best way” to use gravity? See the video below. DO NOT try this at home (unless you live in
Moab, Utah - near Arches National Park - and *REALLY* know what you’re doing). World's Largest Rope Swing
