The Deadliest Sports on Earth: Ranked

Tread Lightly, or Not at All

We don't mean to dissuade all of those whitewater rafter wannabes out there, but between 2006 and 2017, more than 500 people across the globe lost their lives while whitewater rafting. That doesn't count the hundreds of broken bones, thousands of close calls, and countless ruined family vacations because of it. 

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