I was terrified approaching the cliffhanger , nice vid though.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
under a new name wrote:
Are you sure that's entirely safe for the non-participants? Nice looking day though
When speed flying started out there were internet threads of where was banning it. Now there are internet threads of where is allowing it. It's pretty much banned from all pisted areas now, from what I believe. It does does look fantastic though.
If you thought that one was scary, try this one on the north face of the Eiger.
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thecramps wrote:
I thought this was something else altogether.
Yellow snow?
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@cameronphillips2000, I remember seeing that Eiger vid when it was first posted (I can't believe 8 years ago!!) and sending it to a chum who does a lot of flying of all shapes and sizes, he'd just bought his first speed-riding wing.
I didn't want to be too critical as it's so difficult to judge speed, altitude and distance on a dodgy old go-pro video - and it's not at all clear how much prep went into the flight - but it rather looked to me as though the flyer was pretty close to a few ridges that could easily have masked skiers/climbers and seemed quite close to "pistes" - particularly as Glencoe doesn't really do "pistes" - at least, it didn't when I skied there in my youth.
As I say, wasn't there, details not clear, "all fun and games until someone loses an eye"*
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Yep- stay away from pistes- one person appeared to duck out of the way- looks v. irresponsible to me - could cause a VERY nasty accident to any skier or boarder en- route.
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under a new name wrote:
@cameronphillips2000, I remember seeing that Eiger vid when it was first posted (I can't believe 8 years ago!!) and sending it to a chum who does a lot of flying of all shapes and sizes, he'd just bought his first speed-riding wing.
I didn't want to be too critical as it's so difficult to judge speed, altitude and distance on a dodgy old go-pro video - and it's not at all clear how much prep went into the flight - but it rather looked to me as though the flyer was pretty close to a few ridges that could easily have masked skiers/climbers and seemed quite close to "pistes" - particularly as Glencoe doesn't really do "pistes" - at least, it didn't when I skied there in my youth.
As I say, wasn't there, details not clear, "all fun and games until someone loses an eye"*
(Being also an excellently funny Chris Brookmyre book)
I used to fly paramotors when this came out and, being a skier, it seemed a natural thing for me to get into. The speeds, however, are very high. It's nearer to wingsuiting than paragliding. There have been a lot of accidents - quite a few fatalities unfortunately and you can see why. I think the problem too is that you're flying with the wing very close to the mountain and all the inevitable dodgy air/rotor you get from ridges etc. That said, the speed of the speed of the wing probably gives it better collapse resistance than a paraglider.
The problem with flying so quickly and so low, however, is the very very short recovery time/distance for errors/unpredictable events. I don't think I'd be happy if someone was doing it down a slope that my kids were skiing on.
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I don't think I'd be happy if someone was doing it down a slope
Quite.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
under a new name wrote:
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I don't think I'd be happy if someone was doing it down a slope
Quite.
Must be almost impossible to get third party insurance. I'm also not sure how it fits in with CAA laws about not flying within 500ft of anything/anybody unless ridge soaring
Loved watching the vid though. The shadow shots are great as they show the minimal brake input required compared to paragliding.
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