A rope course in the Franconian forest has recently become wheelchair accessible. With the right trainers and equipment, they offer a specialized program that is both challenging and rewarding. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

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.

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.

In this round of the competition for the Summer Cheergirl 2010 the girls have to be very courageous. Photographer Joachim Storch takes their pictures, while a redknee tarantula gets comfortable on their cleavages.

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!

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!

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?

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!

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 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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When you think of surfing, Hawaii probably comes to mind, but Munich, Germany? For years, the Eisbach stream was symbolized the exotic side of Munich, but in recent years it has become one of the city's major tourist attractions. So head to Bavaria and catch a wave, dude! (video copyright dpa)

When Jan Krüger and Lennart Gawell reach for their weapons, somebody is going to get their bell rung! Twice a week both Trier residents buckle on helmet, sword and shield and become genuine gladiators. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Film expert Ronny Thorau isn’t pulling any punches in his “Cinema Tips” review of the German-overdubbed version of the American film Battleship, which was loosely based on the eponymous board game. He is much kinder, however, in his appraisal of the Liam Neeson German-overdubbed version of The Grey and of the German-overdubbed version of the French film War of the Buttons. Viel Spaß beim Zuschauen!
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Audio sample of the re-release of the first episode of Rick Future.

More audio books can be found here: Hörspielprojekt.

It is the year 2016 and the sun has burnt up much of the planet Earth. Without water, people are struggling for bare survival. See this clip about director Tim Fehlbaum’s debut feature film, the apocalyptic vision of Hell. Da ist die Hölle los!