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A cliff diver leaps from the rocks above Acapulco after the Mexican resort allowed resumption of the activity in the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Otis, but tourists are only slowly returning to ...
Acapulco’s cliff divers remain the top attraction for tourists. Photo Credit: Gay Nagle Myers Orlando, my tour guide in Acapulco during the Tianguis Turistico in March, proved a good source of ...
Acapulco's most storied tradition vaults daily from La Quebrada's daunting clifftops in Old Acapulco. The cliff divers are a must-see and are usually well worth the price of booking an organized ...
Cliff divers in Acapulco say they never forget their first time: the leap into the void, the feeling of flying, the shock of hitting the water at high speed. Across the generations, whole families of ...
Across the generations, whole families of divers have earned their living wowing tourists from around the world with the 35-meter (115-foot) plunge off La Quebrada, the rock face that looms above ...
For the last 27 years, this is how Ignacio Sanchez Casteneda has gone to work: First he swims across a narrow channel and scrambles up a 135-foot vertical rock wall on the other side. When he reach… ...
Following the outbreak of swine flu and inter-cartel violence, tourism to see Acapulco’s famous professional cliff divers has plummeted. Will the profession survive?
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In 1996, he organized the first Acapulco World Cliff Diving Championships that allowed women to compete in the previously male-only competition, according to a story that year in the Washington Post.
Acapulco's most storied tradition vaults daily from La Quebrada's daunting clifftops in Old Acapulco. The cliff divers are a must-see and are usually well worth the price of booking an organized ...