Extreme sport deaths expose a patchwork of safety regulations

Fifteen people died in one weekend, prompting calls for better regulation in a booming area of tourism.

Experts and operators in the adventure tourism industry watched in horror as a video went viral of a young woman in Brazil plunging to her death this month.

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