Thrill Factor

  • Premiered: Aug 2015
  • Episodes: 10
  • Followers: 5
  • Ended
  • Travel Channel
  • Wednesday at 20
  • Documentary Travel

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Season 1
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Fear of Falling 335 Feet
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 12, 2015
Tory & Kari examine how drop rides are designed to exploit riders’ natural fear of falling. The two use themselves as test subjects as they plummet 335 feet on Falcon’s Fury, the tallest freestanding drop ride in North America.
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Battle of the Sexes
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 12, 2015
Kari & Tory conduct a battle of the sexes to determine which gender handles the rush of extreme thrills better. They will test groups of men and women on the launch coaster Thunderbird - going upside-down through 160-ft loop.
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Kari Has No Sense
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 19, 2015
Tory experiments with Kari's senses as she rides Colorado's Glenwood Canyon Flyer ride, which swings riders over a 1,300-foot cliff. She'll be vision and hearing deprived, testing how sight and sounds add to the thrills of a ride.
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In the Hot Seat
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 19, 2015
Tory and Kari use accelerometers and state-of-the-art eye-tracking equipment to determine the best place seat on a roller coaster. Their laboratory is Hades 360 in Wisconsin, the only wooden coaster that has a corkscrew.
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Tory's Terrifying Jump
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 26, 2015
Tory and Kari are on a scientific quest to find out if there really is such a thing as an adrenaline junkie.
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Surviving the Apocalypse
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 26, 2015
Tory and Kari step aboard an epic coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California called Apocalypse to see what physiological effects thrill rides have on the body.
1x7
In the Driver's Seat
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 02, 2015
This episode has no summary.
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Slippery When Wet
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 02, 2015
This episode has no summary.
1x9
Air Heads
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 09, 2015
Kari & Tory climb aboard specially outfitted acrobatic aircrafts to test how intense g force conditions affect a person's body and mind.
1x10 Show finale
Bobsled Shred
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 09, 2015
Kari & Tory ride down a bobsled 60 mph around dangerous curves at Lake Placid, NY, a training ground for Olympian bobsled riders. However, will the thrill of the bobsled match

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