Informativ gjennomgang av krasj i vann med PPG som lett kunne endt fatalt. Jared Leisek hadde ingen flytevest men heldigvis et «quick release system»!
EDIT: Oppblåsbar flyteanordning må være tingen: Agama
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ParaHawking
(Tips: Christer Bonde)
Jeg har fått høre at det er FOR MYE PPG på fridistanse.no! Ok, PPG er ikke min greie, men jeg gjør unntak for reine underholdningsvideoer med gærne SuperDell, eller slike stilfulle som denne. Obs fargeskiftene!
Yosemite Highlining from Peter Thompson on Vimeo.
Highlining is super fun, Yosemite is the place to do it. This October some friends and I spent the month exploring one of our favorite tools for mind expansion, the highline. Most all of the shots were taken with a GoPro with a few exceptions. Most of the pictures were taken by myself and AJ Frye and a few were taken by the occasional random semi-professional tourist that would be walking by.
Råbra fotoserie fra rekordturen til Jon Hunt og Nick Greece:
«…On September 14, Reed, McClurg, Laurens, Nick Greece, Brad Sander and Oriol Fernandez, members of the so-called , launched from Walt’s Point (4,028’) near Lone Pine, California. Their goal: to fly the length of the Sierra Mountains all the way to Oregon or, should conditions permit, the Canadian border…»
http://outerlocal.com/paragliding/vol-biv-takes-flight-outpost
Kanskje noen som har litt abstinens etter Sun Valley-videoer. Sett denne?
Bozeman Paragliding Sun Valley League Meet 2009 from Andy Macrae on Vimeo.
Sun Valley-ulykken/leteaksjonen: Denne mannen hadde flaks som overlevde!
Somerset paraglider’s mountain survival fight after horror crash
Paragliding Last Weeks of Summer from 84jba121 on Vimeo.
Paragliding Utah’s Wasatch Mountains with the DEAF Crew. Captured the last few weeks of the 2012 summer.
«As he stood atop a ridge in Kingsbury, Nev., around noon on a sunny September day, Haase, a self-described over-achiever, had his sights set at the typical height.
“I said to the group, ‘I have two goals today — one is to break the Nevada distance record. The other is to make it to Oregon and break the U.S. distance record,’” Haase said.»
«As per the plan, as many as 15 paramotorists were to fly over five districts in the state scattering seeds on barren lands, hoping that rain would help them sprout take roots.
aerial-tree-seeding-plan-grounded-after-lohegaon-airspace-scare
Patrick Tarmey tråkker i salaten igjen, denne gangen pga mekanisk feil.
“I guess I can’t stay out of the news,” he said…. Tarmey, who owns a paragliding business, gained notoriety last week when he was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace after his flight over Salem on Sept. 11 stopped traffic and prompted several phone calls from concerned citizens.
Paraglider rescued from island after his equipment breaks
Morsom sak, men er det juks?
http://news.yahoo.com/amazing-seagull-video-marketing-hoax-131057786.html
(Kilde: Oz Report)
» “He could do his flying somewhere else that’s not over vehicles on 9/11,” Butler said.»
Police arrest ‘flying’ man
EDIT 13.09: Etterspillet… 9/11 anniversary, paragliding turn out to be a bad mix
«The pilots are grateful for the winegrowers’ support and try not to take their welcome for granted. As a flying adage goes, «Launching is optional — but landing is mandatory.» Pilots must land, and not all landing zones are as appealing as the wineries. «
Southern Oregon vineyards have become popular landing spots for hang gliders