It reminded me of standing at the top of a 10-meter diving platform, staring at the water 30 feet below.

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The trail along the mountain ridge led us past an extraordinary white rock that jutted out from the hillside, looking like a huge, triangular, diving platform.

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It's in the pool, on the track, in shooting arenas, in canoes, on the tennis court, on windsurfers, at the volleyball net and off the diving platform.

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Two of eight diving events remain, with the women's 10-meter platform final on Thursday and the men's on Saturday.

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At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Kimball won a diving silver for the U.S. in the 10-meter platform event.

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The ranch also prides itself on being the only place where you can find a high-diving aqua mule act in which the animals dive off a 24ft-high platform into six feet of water.

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