Leo Houlding, for example, parachuted into Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, then spent weeks climbing an iced-up rock tower called Mount Asgard, only to leap from the top in a wingsuit.

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He and his family had already built lighthouses from Wolf Rock in Cornwall to Ceylon, and when he surveyed Fastnet, he quickly realised that the existing tower was built on the wrong part of the rock.

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The tower, built on Conister Rock in Douglas in 1832, was the idea of the RNLI founder, Sir William Hillary.

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The tower, built on Conister Rock in Douglas in 1832, was the idea of Sir William Hillary, founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

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Filming on location in New York, Rock places his character, Richard Cooper, in an investment bank in a midtown tower where they ought to review their security arrangements: sleek, sexy Nikki Tru (Kerry Washington) keeps turning up in his office uninvited and unannounced.

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Whether you pick the deluxe king room with rock spa bath products, iPod docking stations, and pillow-top beds or the 750-square-foot tower suite with separate showers and tubs, panoramic views of Chi-Town, and separate living and sleeping areas, both blend musical memorabilia with a boutique-style contemporary atmosphere.

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