The patron saint of travelers, Saint Christopher, ferried travelers across rivers on his broad shoulders in days of old. Today rescue pilots operating out of their base in the Alps near Kitzbühel, Austria, modern-day Saint Christophers, spring into action! There the Christopher Rescue Squad’s helicopters pull the injured off the mountains and ferry them to safety.
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No human being has ever raced towards the Earth in free fall so fast and from so high up! The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner is being celebrated worldwide after his supersonic jump.
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Here you can watch the second part of Alexander Hauff's show reel. Enjoy!

Watch the final part of the contest Summer Cheergirl 2010 and enjoy a collection of the best pictures from the shoots of the girls and their "partners."

The contest "Summer Cheergirl 2010" continues! In this event, the girls have to be courageous and strike a pose next to the Mississippi alligator named Blacky. Let's see if they dare to do it!

Enjoy this comedic scene from the short “Hombres” with German actor Alexander Hauff.

In this round of the contest “Summer Cheergirl 2010,” the girls do a photo shoot with an Emperor scorpion. Let’s see how many of them dare to meet this challenge!

Today on the goal wall, Sebastian shows what he’s capable of.

In the first event, the girls have to prove who has the fastest kick. Jennifer, Annabell, Linda, Olga and Franziska give it their best shot.

The Engadin Snow at the Swiss mountain Corvatsch is a popular freeriding event. In 2009 all sectors of the north face will be open for riding for the very first time.

In the second part of the Olelympic discipline “Laotian chicken dance,” it’s the guys’ turn. We hope you’ve been practicing too!

Celebrities Mola Adebesi and Claude-Oliver Rudolf as well as professional race drivers compete against each other at the Beetle-Fun-Cup at the Hockenheimring.

Aiming for the hole in the wall isn’t as easy as it looks, but for Lukas the fifth time is a charm!

In this film based on a true story, two sisters embark on a perilous journey that takes them from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Eva and Olga are the last two contestants who still have to pose with the snakes. Will they be brave enough to rendezvous with the reptiles?

In this round of the “Summer Cheergirl 2010” contest the girls are posing with tiger pythons in front of the camera. Here are the results of the shoot!

This is the second part of the round in which the participants have to show who can do the fastest kick. At the end of the clip the winners are revealed.