"Expect to get injured," Tom Aiello says to the small group gathered around him at 7 a.m. at the International House of Pancakes across the highway from the 486-foot high Perrine Bridge. "It's going to happen. You can avoid dying, but the only way to be sure is to walk away. You're going to meet great people, share great experiences with them, bond with them and then they die. Expect this to happen."

Welcome to Death Camp.

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