I'm trying to figure out what happened with reading the comments but I don't get it? I was told a DHV 1 or 2 rated glider should have recovered hands off is that true? I hear the meter and realize you hit the thermal and then the sink on the edge and that caused a surge but. Why couldn't you just ride it out? what caused it to be unrecoverable? Thanks for your input
In general.. where are you? Erm.. I'm in a tree if that helps.......... Oh wait one minute while I get my GPS....... OOOOO..... Actually I dont need my GPS anymore, I'm pretty sure my arse just made contact with terra firma, I can confirm it is rather solid! How about that!
Videos like this are good examples of why mai idea of a hobby is collecting stickers. It looks fun, it looks exciting, it looks expensive, the aerial views are 'breathtaking' oki fine.. but what it does NOT look is safe, or really very smart. So thank you very much for the exciting video, i am honestly happy you are oki now.. and thank you for not scaring the people who love you any more by risking your life and or your health doing it again.
question in my point of view: the guy was screwing with the brake on the other side pulled around 60%! than normal would be 10% so only to keep stable on the edge ... there when he gave more intensity to close the thermal, the candle went into a stooll.
Finally. A paragliding video that isn't some dumbass rock video wannabe with annoying loud music. I wish more pilots who record their flights would give us the experience as it was filmed, rather than subject us to their favorite song.
50% of people who started with such things an paramotor are dead, they crashed one way or the other, leaving devastated families behind.These activities should be banned, I dont know why people disregard their own lives like that, hanging themselves from a piece of cloth that can fold in a twist smashing you against the ground headwards. I take by backpack, a nice meal and go trekking feeling the ground of my feet which is what it is supposed to be
The glider was down-planing...he should have tried a b-line stall right away, then let the glider re-inflate once it got back over his head. He may have thus been able to avoid deploying his reserve,
When the rear riser goes light he does'nt seem to respond to it's message. I have noticed that when a dramatic and adrenaline fueled situation occurs to less experienced pilots they can instinctively and unconsciously hold the brakes down too much. I have seen a bad accident caused by this when the pilot didn't even realise he'd stalled the paraglider into the hill.
Many mistakes can be seen here which should be avoided.
1- The flying conditions were too hard for the pilot´s skills. Flying is a process and it takes time until you learn how the glider behaves and what is going on with that mass of invisible moving air.
sorry, with all the respect for the sober piloting, and hangdling of the situation, It's just hilarious the part whey you say "NOW I'm on the ground" ;-) Honestly, I never used my reserve parachute... And, after this video, I pray for not need it... wishes.
Putting aside all the 'combat' on the comentaries, I thank you for posting this video... I'm a paraglider pilot, and, after 2 years soon I'll take off my feet of the ground... this video reminds me that i'm not the same pilot anymore and, that WE ALL need to be carfull... every time, every day...because, shit CAN happen ;-)
@peterustinof If you're thinking about hang gliding, keep in mind that while a catastrophic collapse is less likely, you're completely screwed because there's no place to carry a reserve on a hang glider. With a paraglider, a catastrophic collapse is more likely, but there's a reserve chute just in case.
@StinkiWinki100 Because he couldn't. There are certain things that you just cannot recover from. This is one of them. He tried, but couldn't get the glider to come out of the spin.
Good Video, I've had the same thing happen to me about 4000 over the Tetons. One thing that I saw was hardly any weight shift and corrective steering, also the cravat was not that bad and clearing the lines (reaching out and grabbing the stabilo line and pulling like hell) One thing that I've done on all my wings is replace that line to a line of a different color so its easy to see. However, once that collapse and cravat happens things go real quick so I can see why you threw the reserve.
First its easy to say what he did wrong or should have done.
Even if you have taken a manuevers course, it doesnt prepare you for this. It happens fast and he was in shity air. Dont get me wrong a class helps, but you know whats coming and you are in alot cleaner air.
I think the lesson from this is that thermal was the size of a school bus. Rather small for his alttitude. You fly in this kind of air you will get whacked. If it cravats you will not get it open. Been their its violent, not fun
@mark24256 There really was no deflation at the onset of this event. Although there was a tiny cravatte that resulted from the stall recovery. Look again at the rear risers at the very onset of the event. There is only one way for the rear risers to go slack, when the A's, and B's are still tight. Really deep in the brakes to stall. There is definitely a back story to the comment "not as bad as yesterday".
To emphasize, a deflation did not cause this event. Stalling the wing did. The deflation was caused by the recovery from the stall. (Or at least from the wing trying to recover...)
The initial onset of this accident was caused by the pilot stalling the glider. Check out the rear risers as the event starts. There is only one way for the rear risers to go slack, and that's when your hands are down scratching your butt. Pilot freaked out a bit by strong lift, and simply stalled the glider. Watch the rest of the video paying close attention to the hand position. He never let the glider fly again. Unfortunate that this video has scared so many people...
@Parapontificator this video can save many lives if people can learn that next time it is going to be them and they are not going to be that lucky. 80% of paragliders are dead, this should be banned.
So, what you're saying here is that between 80,000 and 150,000 paraglider pilots have died already, and everyone else is more than likely to die too? Or are you just saying that you really don't know what you are talking about?
@Parapontificator they are already 6 foot under, you they cannot take a step forward. In the meantime, how about the video I sent you two ? have you ever heard a human body crush his bones like that ?
You have really done your research. Check out this video:
watch?v=y04bqTifou8
Yes, there are accidents in this sport. Even worse, folks often treat paragliding like they do skateboarding or bicycling. It is aviation after all, and you need to have some clue what you are doing up there. I have a friend who will offer you the keys to his Cessna, no experience necessary. It's very well insured.
@Parapontificator I tell you what my sport is. Several slices of dry parmesan cheese about 1 cm thick, a boot of red wine, and an olive tree to sit under its shade, stretching well out my legs, feeling the solid ground underneath watching those lunatics spiral down the sky and bouncing like ping pong balls against the rocks. I have my foot on the ground, safely.
@Parapontificator and for your enterteinment, watch this guy smash himself against the rocks 3 times watch?v=T24X-NBNsPM hear the sound of his skull hitting the rocks
So, what you're saying here is that between 80,000 and 150,000 paraglider pilots have died already, and everyone else is more than likely to die too? Or are you just saying that you really don't know what you are talking about?
So, what you're saying here is that between 80,000 and 150,000 paraglider pilots have died already, and everyone else is more than likely to die too? Or are you just saying that you really don't know what you are talking about?
Vario freaks out as he enters a thermal and the paraglider pitches backwards as he gets lift. Then he leaves the thermal and the wing pitches forward and the vario registers sink. The wing then falls in front and he drops into a deep spiral. He could have prevented the forward pitching with active piloting and dampening the forward pitch with the brakes. How to recover from a deep spiral, I don't know.
The mistake was entirely of the pilot. He didn't react right at first deflation, and after that he was a simply passenger. When the glider entered in rotation hi was holding his hands on the elevators. When he entered in death spiral he didn't act at all.
I'm looking to get into paragliding, ummm does this happen often? if so I don't think I have the kahooons for it lol .... but seriously, does this happen often?
@Mikkothecat Not too often. A lot things went wrong FAST in this video. Basically, he went from a column of rising edge to a column of sinking air and the wing collapsed. It started spinning, and then at that point, it was game over.
But no, this doesn't happen often. Just start off slow and be sure to get lessons. 90% of accidents are pilot error.
@Hickeydog2365 Thanks for the reply Hickeydog2365, I will get lessons for sure, this is a scary video but I guess a nice reminder of what can wrong, the gentleman is very lucky.
I'm just learning and that makes me even more respectful of the conditions and potential for disaster. One lucky guy but perhaps he shouldn't have been flying there at that time? I don't know.
@amageeS90 Thanks for following me around youtube posting abusive messages that may inspire violence against me. You should be hearing from youtube shortly. You need to be more careful and grateful that I don't contact your local police agency for the things you're replying to my messages with. You're very close to the edge of what's legal. You are not immune or hidden from that because you're not directly in front of me. If I hear from you again, I will start looking to the police for help. Xxx
looks like he completely stalled the glider then kept the brakes on not allowing the glider to recover and get back to normal flying speed. instead of pulling on the brakes perhaps letting up when he hit the edge of a thermal would have prevented the oscillation that led to a deep spin/spiral
"The thermals have soft edges but it's not as bad as it was yesterday". Combined with the varo squeel precollapse, I'm guessing he hit the edge of one?
@Akira861 You can't tell it's safe by all the videos on YouTube. Seems like folks are flying along all peacful and happy when...wham.... the chute collapses for no apparent reason. I mean theres a bunch of videos showing the same type of collapse.
@nerblebun the parachute didn't collapse for no reason ;) But you couldn't have known that since you don't fly a wing like that ;) If you watch the video closely you clearly see the breaklines are going soft... They loose the tension... All he had to do here was to put some more preasure on the brakes and that wouldn't have happened...
@lkolenc sorry but you are wrong. when the vario was going crazy he freaked out and pulled the brakes (check the video), the glider stalled and only then, the break lines gone soft. This is a common mistake on beginners to pull the breaks when enter a strong lift thermal instead let the breaks off. The glider goes in the deep spiral because of the collapse, then he make the second mistake, pull both breaks instead only the right one. Thanks god he pulled the reserve at the end!
@lkolenc The initial onset of this accident was caused by the pilot stalling the glider. Check out the rear risers as the event starts. There is only one way for the rear risers to go slack, and that's when your hands are down scratching your butt. Pilot freaked out a bit by strong lift, and simply stalled the glider. Watch the rest of the video paying close attention to the hand position. He never let the glider fly again. Unfortunate that this video has scared so many people...
also, what do you think started the collapse? i'm but a simple noob beginner, so have no real ideas, but his varo is beeping away a few seconds before and he seems to be turning fairly hard. has he hit some pocket of rising air, like the edge of a thermal? or is it just random turbulence?
for how few paragliders there are, the number of deaths is extremely high, one thing i noticed when i was thinking of getting into to this sport theres a shitload of money involved in buying and training, and all these lying fucking trainers troll the internet and tell everyone how blissful and safe it is what a bunch of bs
@eb352mm And another thing... If you don't like the sport don't watch videos of it... And don't talk around how unsafe it is if you're not actually flying!!! I have been flying for quite some time now so i can tell you from my personal experiance that paragliding is as close as you can get to freedom :) you soar up in the sky like a bird and that feels good :) that is why i fly :) if you don't want to feel that, that is completely your own choice to make but please stop saying it is dangerous!!!
@nerblebun ok... that comparison clearly shows that you have no idea of what you are talking abut ;) the same way you described paragliding as dangerous can be said for just about anything... like for instance football is dangerous... i don't have to play football to know that! see my point? so stop talking about things you clearly haven't got any clue on ;)
@lkolenc Who elected you Queen so you can dictate to me what I can have an opinion about ? This page is for comments....and I'll comment on any godamn thing I want. I've been a skydiver for over thirty years and know a little bit about falling out of the sky. Your such a bitch your commenting on the "comments".....not the videos. Now that "you" opened the door, I have some advice. Sit down and shut the fuck up little girl.
@nerblebun Luka is a boy's name ;) As for the other comments you said about me... If you want to comment you can so just do it... i'm not saying you can't comment i'm just saying that if you don't really know the sport how can you make any good comments about how safe or unsafe paragliding is? And byteway... skydiving and paragliding are two completely diferent sports, we use diferent equipment (our paragliders are made to glide perfectly, your parachutes are simply there to break your fall),...
@match20045 The first recorded parachute jump was made by Louis-Sebastien Lenormand from a tower in 1783.The first parachute jump from an airplane was made in 1911. Maybe you should do some research before you comment and make yourself look stupid.
@nerblebun forgot to mention that French duded stamped himself to the ground in a free fall, so he could as well have jumped using an umbrella. As per the other guy, got caught in the rotors of the airplane. so that doesnt count eitherAnd as per the guys you saw jumping off warcrafts in WW II movies, it is just special effects, they are puppets made of stuffed wood dust in clothes, the first parachute was invented by the Russians when they sent the Gagarin guy to the space
@match20045 Both the 1783 and 1911 jumps were successful. My Uncle jumped over Normandy in WW ll. My first jump was in 1976. I'd like to suggest a lengthy stay at the Ha Ha Hotel until you get a grasp on reality.
Id say the main difference is that in paragliding you have to deal with strong thermals and their turbulences, nothing like that to worry in skydiving. If you fly in strong thermals you ll definatly have situations like that happening even without pilot errors. Been there done that. Its a textile wing for gods sake! And Turbulences can be very severe. Take care...
@lkolenc I have read your comments and have to say - you know fuck all, just shut up you stupid cunt
Paraplodders do not fly, glide or anything else perfectly, theye are the slowest possible form of flight with the exception of dangling from a balloon - how could they be otherwise, all that rigging drag, and the extra drag from the shit spouting prick flying it (with his mouth wide open talking on the fucking radio to his equally inane asshole friends).
@armandin2048 Hmm... Interesting statement :) Well i guess you have the right to think whatever you wish so just do it ;) And leave all the nice thrills to me... Imagine all the fun i'm having when I land near a bar and a bunch of preety girls come running my way saying:"what a man... grrrrrrr" :D just a thought ;) Hope you're having half the fun I am :) Oh and a happy new year :)
Could you set fire to the tree your hanging out of so they know where you are? Only joking, I'm glad your ok. That looked pretty scarey from that height and you were as cool as a cucumber throughout, great vid and safe flying for the future.
Dude full kettle that would not recognize the output from the stream and, moreover, does not compensate for the addition of (baby). In general, this teapot wildly lucky that he was at such a height.
@9secondsflat the air is like the seas ,it can be flat calm or it can be very rough indeed with violent up,down and side currents. i fly a paramotor when the conditions are calm. i have flown in conditions like this but it ain`t fun when it gets life threatening.
That beeping comes from the variometer. It says "you´r going up". And that´s what the Pilot is telling his friend on the radio aswell. The trouble begins, when he gets into the thermic bubble. In that moment he is loosing "connection" to his glider as you can see if you watch the brakelines (rudder lines): they are suddenly hanging loose. The glider is suddenly rising and coincidentially slowing down. A little more speed would have done...
well i was thinking about buying a paraglider. I thought i had better check out the crashes first.. LOL. That looked real scary. You get 5 stars just for surviving!!
i think there's lots of paragliding instructors who've watched that video,, can they do a favor and analyze what mistakes happened here,, and the best remedy from it ?
price of convenience [as above] thats why i fly a hang glider ,the air has got to be way way more violent, to cause issues with the lovley air frame.all para glider pilots should try hang gliding ,not as convenient ,but a bit of rough air wo n`t spoil your day.
Damn! So - knowing nothing about Paragliding... I am guessing that the high pitched beeping right before the right side line went limp was an indication of what was about to happen?? What happened? Stall? Looks like fun for sure other than the death spiral. Gotta get me one!
you learn by experience. people will tell you what to expect and what you should do, how much and when to recover. you won't learn this as a course until you're intermediate or advanced. or, you might just find out all by yourself, and have the experience of a wing suddenly turn to shit, that's the beauty of PG. it's the price you pay for convenience. - lucky 'save' by the tree.
He didn't even try,that glider was ok,he just got into spiral,how such a amateur can fly glider like this,even I with 2 years of flying have better reactions than this jerk
I'm trying to figure out what happened with reading the comments but I don't get it? I was told a DHV 1 or 2 rated glider should have recovered hands off is that true? I hear the meter and realize you hit the thermal and then the sink on the edge and that caused a surge but. Why couldn't you just ride it out? what caused it to be unrecoverable? Thanks for your input
buzzy1147 2 weeks ago
In general.. where are you? Erm.. I'm in a tree if that helps.......... Oh wait one minute while I get my GPS....... OOOOO..... Actually I dont need my GPS anymore, I'm pretty sure my arse just made contact with terra firma, I can confirm it is rather solid! How about that!
ManVGravity 1 month ago
thank you pilot for this unique experince ..... but i want to ask you about the couse of paraglider collaps ? wish good health
twisterwep 2 months ago
Respect that you threw the reserve so late. Most pilots would have thrown it a lot earlier.
Para4Aviator 2 months ago
This video is fake. Like he would have that one-liner prepared like that...
jockeleu 3 months ago
Videos like this are good examples of why mai idea of a hobby is collecting stickers. It looks fun, it looks exciting, it looks expensive, the aerial views are 'breathtaking' oki fine.. but what it does NOT look is safe, or really very smart. So thank you very much for the exciting video, i am honestly happy you are oki now.. and thank you for not scaring the people who love you any more by risking your life and or your health doing it again.
Mikanojo 3 months ago
yea dude: you are a lucky guy!!
TheEpsilon6 3 months ago
@somebodysgottadoit81 not really its full of death and just abuse the sky is were you want to be mate
mepizzasmangled 3 months ago
Where was that... I heard some spanish speaking people!
southamericanrocker 4 months ago
I wantED to fly a paraglider!.... this is scary!
southamericanrocker 4 months ago
@southamericanrocker it aldepends on the chute
and chutes now a days are safter :) get a cima k2 like me :)
mepizzasmangled 3 months ago
LOOK AT THIS : They eat a raclette in paragliding !! Incredible /watch?v=5fKezHw0soI
zazou44222 4 months ago
ok, it's ovious the glider stalled, but from that altitude it couldn't get it back flying ??
NigoNI60 5 months ago
tant mieu qu'il n'est rien !
feunu26 5 months ago
i so badly want to paraglide...
hunster990 5 months ago
question in my point of view: the guy was screwing with the brake on the other side pulled around 60%! than normal would be 10% so only to keep stable on the edge ... there when he gave more intensity to close the thermal, the candle went into a stooll.
brunoalvarenga01 6 months ago
Man you are cool.. how can you be so relaxe..
Vilas30 6 months ago
I think I would shit myself if that will happen to me...
klramon 6 months ago
great video im glad he was ok but dam that was funny
Ralpad1 6 months ago
Fly across the thermal straight without managing to always say the deformed wing, otherwise a nice descent into the trees :-)
hartman12349 8 months ago
was this you or a friend or who???? did he/you wall because he/you wanted to get out of the pocket or just because the tree broke???
legoprime2000 8 months ago
He must be a church person as not one word you could not tell your mother. Fair play to him
Colibri1931 8 months ago
youtube.com/watch?v=hl6YgiSF-XQ
andryq2 8 months ago
that "carsh" was harsh
ilyacibko 8 months ago
Haha, is he on drugs? Whehw I'm on the ground.
olyansincs 9 months ago
"well i am in the ground now" lol this man is very tranquil , this maybe make him alive
Igor1marcal 9 months ago
get a airframe.
staywhereurat 9 months ago
this vid is legendar!!!
Every pilot knows the famous words "I'M ON THE GROUND NOW"^^
Dennis1178 10 months ago 23
Good god. Glad your ok man.
nathantravisray 10 months ago
Finally. A paragliding video that isn't some dumbass rock video wannabe with annoying loud music. I wish more pilots who record their flights would give us the experience as it was filmed, rather than subject us to their favorite song.
theknightlynews 10 months ago 5
omg
just by watching a successful paragliding , i'm scared
and now guess what ?
al70sam 10 months ago
É fácil falar sentado na frente do PC. Mas: porque ele não liberou a vela ???
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50% of people who started with such things an paramotor are dead, they crashed one way or the other, leaving devastated families behind.These activities should be banned, I dont know why people disregard their own lives like that, hanging themselves from a piece of cloth that can fold in a twist smashing you against the ground headwards. I take by backpack, a nice meal and go trekking feeling the ground of my feet which is what it is supposed to be
match20045 10 months ago
DOEU?
DanielSouza0 11 months ago
The glider was down-planing...he should have tried a b-line stall right away, then let the glider re-inflate once it got back over his head. He may have thus been able to avoid deploying his reserve,
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It's not the fall that kills ya, its the sudden stop at the bottom. ;)
PhrostyPhoenix 11 months ago
comentario infeliz esse teu hein o prego.....recalcado.... siteinvestigator
lucianovoador 1 year ago
@lucianovoador Text in english sorry no speak spanish.I'm being serious I don't know what your trying to say.
SiteInvestigator 1 year ago
Hell to the no !! .
Caucasions are so dumb always doing stupid crap why would you want to fall from the sky?.
If man was supposed to fly he would have been born with wings,
SiteInvestigator 1 year ago
ser andante comentariozinho infeliz hein........recalcado
lucianovoador 1 year ago
When the rear riser goes light he does'nt seem to respond to it's message. I have noticed that when a dramatic and adrenaline fueled situation occurs to less experienced pilots they can instinctively and unconsciously hold the brakes down too much. I have seen a bad accident caused by this when the pilot didn't even realise he'd stalled the paraglider into the hill.
captbimbo 1 year ago
Many mistakes can be seen here which should be avoided.
1- The flying conditions were too hard for the pilot´s skills. Flying is a process and it takes time until you learn how the glider behaves and what is going on with that mass of invisible moving air.
abot100 1 year ago
How and what happend?
Grabowski420 1 year ago
sorry, with all the respect for the sober piloting, and hangdling of the situation, It's just hilarious the part whey you say "NOW I'm on the ground" ;-) Honestly, I never used my reserve parachute... And, after this video, I pray for not need it... wishes.
jvianna2006 1 year ago
Putting aside all the 'combat' on the comentaries, I thank you for posting this video... I'm a paraglider pilot, and, after 2 years soon I'll take off my feet of the ground... this video reminds me that i'm not the same pilot anymore and, that WE ALL need to be carfull... every time, every day...because, shit CAN happen ;-)
jvianna2006 1 year ago
Glad the pilot made it to the ground more or less in one piece ...
shabbypants54 1 year ago
you didn t panic thats great bravo
ito6722 1 year ago
This vid answered my question "should i go for hangliding or paraglidong?"
peterustinof 1 year ago
@peterustinof If you're thinking about hang gliding, keep in mind that while a catastrophic collapse is less likely, you're completely screwed because there's no place to carry a reserve on a hang glider. With a paraglider, a catastrophic collapse is more likely, but there's a reserve chute just in case.
Hickeydog2365 1 year ago
@Hickeydog2365 you are wrong. Everyone knows hangliders carry reserve chutes. Even engine powered
peterustinof 1 year ago
why you don´t stop the spiral ??
StinkiWinki100 1 year ago
@StinkiWinki100 Because he couldn't. There are certain things that you just cannot recover from. This is one of them. He tried, but couldn't get the glider to come out of the spin.
Hickeydog2365 1 year ago
Good Video, I've had the same thing happen to me about 4000 over the Tetons. One thing that I saw was hardly any weight shift and corrective steering, also the cravat was not that bad and clearing the lines (reaching out and grabbing the stabilo line and pulling like hell) One thing that I've done on all my wings is replace that line to a line of a different color so its easy to see. However, once that collapse and cravat happens things go real quick so I can see why you threw the reserve.
snoboarder2427 1 year ago
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snoboarder2427 1 year ago
This is what you get from flying a giant Toenail.
superjezz 1 year ago
the thermals have sharp edges but not as bad as yesterday...... yeah right
belgianhorst 1 year ago
wtf is carsh?..
fldr111 1 year ago
wtf is carsh?.
fldr111 1 year ago
wtf is carsh?
fldr111 1 year ago
wat the fuck is a carsh? stupid cant spell! huh
fldr111 1 year ago
wat the fuck is a carsh? stupid cant spell!
fldr111 1 year ago
First its easy to say what he did wrong or should have done.
Even if you have taken a manuevers course, it doesnt prepare you for this. It happens fast and he was in shity air. Dont get me wrong a class helps, but you know whats coming and you are in alot cleaner air.
I think the lesson from this is that thermal was the size of a school bus. Rather small for his alttitude. You fly in this kind of air you will get whacked. If it cravats you will not get it open. Been their its violent, not fun
mark24256 1 year ago
@mark24256 There really was no deflation at the onset of this event. Although there was a tiny cravatte that resulted from the stall recovery. Look again at the rear risers at the very onset of the event. There is only one way for the rear risers to go slack, when the A's, and B's are still tight. Really deep in the brakes to stall. There is definitely a back story to the comment "not as bad as yesterday".
Parapontificator 1 year ago
To emphasize, a deflation did not cause this event. Stalling the wing did. The deflation was caused by the recovery from the stall. (Or at least from the wing trying to recover...)
Parapontificator 1 year ago
The initial onset of this accident was caused by the pilot stalling the glider. Check out the rear risers as the event starts. There is only one way for the rear risers to go slack, and that's when your hands are down scratching your butt. Pilot freaked out a bit by strong lift, and simply stalled the glider. Watch the rest of the video paying close attention to the hand position. He never let the glider fly again. Unfortunate that this video has scared so many people...
Parapontificator 1 year ago 16
@Parapontificator this video can save many lives if people can learn that next time it is going to be them and they are not going to be that lucky. 80% of paragliders are dead, this should be banned.
match20045 10 months ago
@match20045
So, what you're saying here is that between 80,000 and 150,000 paraglider pilots have died already, and everyone else is more than likely to die too? Or are you just saying that you really don't know what you are talking about?
Parapontificator 10 months ago
@Parapontificator yes, around 100.000 pilots have died worldwide since the invention of that suicide machine
match20045 10 months ago
@match20045
References and statistics please? Factual ones?
Parapontificator 10 months ago
@Parapontificator they are already 6 foot under, you they cannot take a step forward. In the meantime, how about the video I sent you two ? have you ever heard a human body crush his bones like that ?
match20045 10 months ago
@match20045
You have really done your research. Check out this video:
watch?v=y04bqTifou8
Yes, there are accidents in this sport. Even worse, folks often treat paragliding like they do skateboarding or bicycling. It is aviation after all, and you need to have some clue what you are doing up there. I have a friend who will offer you the keys to his Cessna, no experience necessary. It's very well insured.
Parapontificator 10 months ago
@Parapontificator I tell you what my sport is. Several slices of dry parmesan cheese about 1 cm thick, a boot of red wine, and an olive tree to sit under its shade, stretching well out my legs, feeling the solid ground underneath watching those lunatics spiral down the sky and bouncing like ping pong balls against the rocks. I have my foot on the ground, safely.
match20045 10 months ago
@Parapontificator and for your enterteinment, watch this guy smash himself against the rocks 3 times watch?v=T24X-NBNsPM hear the sound of his skull hitting the rocks
match20045 10 months ago
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@match20045
So, what you're saying here is that between 80,000 and 150,000 paraglider pilots have died already, and everyone else is more than likely to die too? Or are you just saying that you really don't know what you are talking about?
Parapontificator 10 months ago
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@match20045
So, what you're saying here is that between 80,000 and 150,000 paraglider pilots have died already, and everyone else is more than likely to die too? Or are you just saying that you really don't know what you are talking about?
Parapontificator 10 months ago
@Parapontificator No, there was another, more fundamental cause of this accident.
miraclepieco 9 months ago
@miraclepieco I suspect I know 'your' answer, but go ahead, entertain us...Should be fun.
Parapontificator 9 months ago
@Parapontificator Its great how your name is parapontificator.
jock150 6 months ago
Vario freaks out as he enters a thermal and the paraglider pitches backwards as he gets lift. Then he leaves the thermal and the wing pitches forward and the vario registers sink. The wing then falls in front and he drops into a deep spiral. He could have prevented the forward pitching with active piloting and dampening the forward pitch with the brakes. How to recover from a deep spiral, I don't know.
lgarvey 1 year ago
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lgarvey 1 year ago
The mistake was entirely of the pilot. He didn't react right at first deflation, and after that he was a simply passenger. When the glider entered in rotation hi was holding his hands on the elevators. When he entered in death spiral he didn't act at all.
demon83ftlol 1 year ago
master of chillout ,and so must it be...
JakubGajdusek 1 year ago
that looks sooo fun. but pricey, the wing is gone...
vindicator2008 1 year ago
well that sent my heart a thumpehn
studionightbird0 1 year ago
Hi, crazy video!Are You ok? I´m paraglider too...
MrLukeriha 1 year ago
Damn he stays soo cool in this situation!
Saadic1 1 year ago
Visit my video Skywalk...
TheNunoflyer 1 year ago
man thats nuts!
cheif336 1 year ago
Going into trees, half brakes, protect gear and reserve, cover face with hands, PLR, fend off branches and grab onto trunk...
Skydiving tree landing off DZ 101.
JetJockey87 1 year ago
good job, you just stayed coole and mastered the situation!
fifmasta 1 year ago
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Mikkothecat 1 year ago
I'm looking to get into paragliding, ummm does this happen often? if so I don't think I have the kahooons for it lol .... but seriously, does this happen often?
Mikkothecat 1 year ago
@Mikkothecat Not too often. A lot things went wrong FAST in this video. Basically, he went from a column of rising edge to a column of sinking air and the wing collapsed. It started spinning, and then at that point, it was game over.
But no, this doesn't happen often. Just start off slow and be sure to get lessons. 90% of accidents are pilot error.
Hickeydog2365 1 year ago
@Hickeydog2365 Thanks for the reply Hickeydog2365, I will get lessons for sure, this is a scary video but I guess a nice reminder of what can wrong, the gentleman is very lucky.
Mikkothecat 1 year ago
@Hickeydog2365 hey, could he not have controlled the spin by leaning and breaking on the opposite side??
snotnoseclimber 1 year ago
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@Hickeydog2365 hey, could he not have controlled the spin by leaning and breaking on the opposite side??
snotnoseclimber 1 year ago
@Hickeydog2365 this one wasnt at least it didnt seem like one
Pier2pie 1 year ago
@Mikkothecat you could get a paramotor and fly in calm conditions.
gilessmokey 1 year ago
@gilessmokey
The plan is to get closer to nature and to learn to harness the wind for movement without the aids of motorised transportation.
However I don't want to be booted out of the sky and land on nature lol :-)
Mikkothecat 1 year ago
what can go wrong, DID go wrong!
suburbanblend 1 year ago
did the glider and harness survive to fly again?
luncheaterguy123 1 year ago
@luncheaterguy123 I'm guessing the wing did not, but the harness probably did. He probably also had to replace his reserve.
Hickeydog2365 1 year ago
wow
1pokerknight 1 year ago
L000000000000000l scared O__0
MrFrasel 1 year ago
shoot the pilot and the stuff will fly.
Every time i see somebody trowing the reserve i see the ving is flying.
kennethHaugan 1 year ago
Houaaa froid dans le dos!
mrqwertz1 1 year ago
omg,incredible.
nice video
voitzel 1 year ago
I love how he's trying to pick the branches out of the lines, as if to restore the Glider's value
fdzwes 1 year ago
i would totally sh*t myself if i was that high
lostinthelineoffire 1 year ago
Which wing is this and which classification....DHV 2, DHV 2-3.....etc.??? Nice job surviving this btw.....!!! Thanks.....TJ.
Trutzblatt 1 year ago
I'm just learning and that makes me even more respectful of the conditions and potential for disaster. One lucky guy but perhaps he shouldn't have been flying there at that time? I don't know.
drcolsb 1 year ago
that looks horrifying. :x
PrittyWords 1 year ago
@amageeS90 Thanks for following me around youtube posting abusive messages that may inspire violence against me. You should be hearing from youtube shortly. You need to be more careful and grateful that I don't contact your local police agency for the things you're replying to my messages with. You're very close to the edge of what's legal. You are not immune or hidden from that because you're not directly in front of me. If I hear from you again, I will start looking to the police for help. Xxx
lexichronicle 1 year ago
looks like he completely stalled the glider then kept the brakes on not allowing the glider to recover and get back to normal flying speed. instead of pulling on the brakes perhaps letting up when he hit the edge of a thermal would have prevented the oscillation that led to a deep spin/spiral
jesse2006 1 year ago
i've since discovered this is the result of him breaking too hard as he bumps off a thermal. clad to know i got that right :P
lexichronicle 1 year ago
"The thermals have soft edges but it's not as bad as it was yesterday". Combined with the varo squeel precollapse, I'm guessing he hit the edge of one?
lexichronicle 1 year ago
this is such a great video, not because he gets hurts but because it shows how the situation develops and progresses from start to finish
lexichronicle 1 year ago
@Akira861 You can't tell it's safe by all the videos on YouTube. Seems like folks are flying along all peacful and happy when...wham.... the chute collapses for no apparent reason. I mean theres a bunch of videos showing the same type of collapse.
nerblebun 1 year ago
@nerblebun the parachute didn't collapse for no reason ;) But you couldn't have known that since you don't fly a wing like that ;) If you watch the video closely you clearly see the breaklines are going soft... They loose the tension... All he had to do here was to put some more preasure on the brakes and that wouldn't have happened...
lkolenc 1 year ago
@lkolenc sorry but you are wrong. when the vario was going crazy he freaked out and pulled the brakes (check the video), the glider stalled and only then, the break lines gone soft. This is a common mistake on beginners to pull the breaks when enter a strong lift thermal instead let the breaks off. The glider goes in the deep spiral because of the collapse, then he make the second mistake, pull both breaks instead only the right one. Thanks god he pulled the reserve at the end!
tomacoconea 10 months ago
@lkolenc The initial onset of this accident was caused by the pilot stalling the glider. Check out the rear risers as the event starts. There is only one way for the rear risers to go slack, and that's when your hands are down scratching your butt. Pilot freaked out a bit by strong lift, and simply stalled the glider. Watch the rest of the video paying close attention to the hand position. He never let the glider fly again. Unfortunate that this video has scared so many people...
tomacoconea 10 months ago
Very cool video.....5 stars !
nerblebun 1 year ago
also, what do you think started the collapse? i'm but a simple noob beginner, so have no real ideas, but his varo is beeping away a few seconds before and he seems to be turning fairly hard. has he hit some pocket of rising air, like the edge of a thermal? or is it just random turbulence?
lexichronicle 1 year ago
LOL
swedswedswedswed 1 year ago
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for how few paragliders there are, the number of deaths is extremely high, one thing i noticed when i was thinking of getting into to this sport theres a shitload of money involved in buying and training, and all these lying fucking trainers troll the internet and tell everyone how blissful and safe it is what a bunch of bs
eb352mm 1 year ago
@eb352mm And another thing... If you don't like the sport don't watch videos of it... And don't talk around how unsafe it is if you're not actually flying!!! I have been flying for quite some time now so i can tell you from my personal experiance that paragliding is as close as you can get to freedom :) you soar up in the sky like a bird and that feels good :) that is why i fly :) if you don't want to feel that, that is completely your own choice to make but please stop saying it is dangerous!!!
lkolenc 1 year ago
@lkolenc I don't have to fly a paraglider to know it's dangerous no more than I have to squeeze my balls in a vice to know it's gonna hurt !
nerblebun 1 year ago
@nerblebun ok... that comparison clearly shows that you have no idea of what you are talking abut ;) the same way you described paragliding as dangerous can be said for just about anything... like for instance football is dangerous... i don't have to play football to know that! see my point? so stop talking about things you clearly haven't got any clue on ;)
lkolenc 1 year ago
@lkolenc Who elected you Queen so you can dictate to me what I can have an opinion about ? This page is for comments....and I'll comment on any godamn thing I want. I've been a skydiver for over thirty years and know a little bit about falling out of the sky. Your such a bitch your commenting on the "comments".....not the videos. Now that "you" opened the door, I have some advice. Sit down and shut the fuck up little girl.
nerblebun 1 year ago 6
@nerblebun Luka is a boy's name ;) As for the other comments you said about me... If you want to comment you can so just do it... i'm not saying you can't comment i'm just saying that if you don't really know the sport how can you make any good comments about how safe or unsafe paragliding is? And byteway... skydiving and paragliding are two completely diferent sports, we use diferent equipment (our paragliders are made to glide perfectly, your parachutes are simply there to break your fall),...
lkolenc 1 year ago
@nerblebun the parachute had not been invented 30 years ago!
match20045 10 months ago
@match20045 The first recorded parachute jump was made by Louis-Sebastien Lenormand from a tower in 1783.The first parachute jump from an airplane was made in 1911. Maybe you should do some research before you comment and make yourself look stupid.
nerblebun 10 months ago
@nerblebun forgot to mention that French duded stamped himself to the ground in a free fall, so he could as well have jumped using an umbrella. As per the other guy, got caught in the rotors of the airplane. so that doesnt count eitherAnd as per the guys you saw jumping off warcrafts in WW II movies, it is just special effects, they are puppets made of stuffed wood dust in clothes, the first parachute was invented by the Russians when they sent the Gagarin guy to the space
match20045 10 months ago
@match20045 Both the 1783 and 1911 jumps were successful. My Uncle jumped over Normandy in WW ll. My first jump was in 1976. I'd like to suggest a lengthy stay at the Ha Ha Hotel until you get a grasp on reality.
nerblebun 10 months ago
@lkolenc Paragliding clearly causes a lot more crashes that skydiving. Partially probably because a lot of inexperienced people do it.
realisticHomeboy 1 year ago
@realisticHomeboy
Id say the main difference is that in paragliding you have to deal with strong thermals and their turbulences, nothing like that to worry in skydiving. If you fly in strong thermals you ll definatly have situations like that happening even without pilot errors. Been there done that. Its a textile wing for gods sake! And Turbulences can be very severe. Take care...
eizieizz 11 months ago
@eizieizz I agree
realisticHomeboy 11 months ago
@lkolenc I have read your comments and have to say - you know fuck all, just shut up you stupid cunt
Paraplodders do not fly, glide or anything else perfectly, theye are the slowest possible form of flight with the exception of dangling from a balloon - how could they be otherwise, all that rigging drag, and the extra drag from the shit spouting prick flying it (with his mouth wide open talking on the fucking radio to his equally inane asshole friends).
Just don't fucking breed shithead!!!
armandin2048 1 year ago
@armandin2048 Hmm... Interesting statement :) Well i guess you have the right to think whatever you wish so just do it ;) And leave all the nice thrills to me... Imagine all the fun i'm having when I land near a bar and a bunch of preety girls come running my way saying:"what a man... grrrrrrr" :D just a thought ;) Hope you're having half the fun I am :) Oh and a happy new year :)
lkolenc 1 year ago
Could you set fire to the tree your hanging out of so they know where you are? Only joking, I'm glad your ok. That looked pretty scarey from that height and you were as cool as a cucumber throughout, great vid and safe flying for the future.
SPYDOC1 1 year ago
fuck man i would be so scared if i were up there
398270 1 year ago
Dude full kettle that would not recognize the output from the stream and, moreover, does not compensate for the addition of (baby). In general, this teapot wildly lucky that he was at such a height.
froststorm77 1 year ago
omg man u are lucky
watkinsprice 1 year ago
Holly crap your a lucky man!
MegaSPORT2 1 year ago
im on the ground xD
larsiparsi 1 year ago
"i'm on the ground now"....lol....
so what caused the parafoil to collapse? if this were a powered parafoil would have had this problem?
9secondsflat 1 year ago
@9secondsflat the air is like the seas ,it can be flat calm or it can be very rough indeed with violent up,down and side currents. i fly a paramotor when the conditions are calm. i have flown in conditions like this but it ain`t fun when it gets life threatening.
gilessmokey 1 year ago
he could save it. Not enough experience.
cruelangeltesis 2 years ago
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Ralf47 2 years ago
What was that beeping in the beggining? just before hes talled there was some beeping
haveapooo 2 years ago
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marketou 2 years ago
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That beeping comes from the variometer. It says "you´r going up". And that´s what the Pilot is telling his friend on the radio aswell. The trouble begins, when he gets into the thermic bubble. In that moment he is loosing "connection" to his glider as you can see if you watch the brakelines (rudder lines): they are suddenly hanging loose. The glider is suddenly rising and coincidentially slowing down. A little more speed would have done...
marketou 2 years ago
The beeping is the vario... when it beeps it means he is gaining altitude...
Haraldgay 1 year ago
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itcanbecheezcaketime 1 year ago
well i was thinking about buying a paraglider. I thought i had better check out the crashes first.. LOL. That looked real scary. You get 5 stars just for surviving!!
summitcountyrider 2 years ago 3
nice coment nice coment i love it
Pml2DarkNight 2 years ago
If he just did his hands up the glider prob just recovered. I think he kep'd it in stall by holding his hands down.
GWfreakj 2 years ago 2
"I´m on the ground now" LOL
traubelstrasse5 2 years ago 32
@traubelstrasse5 Its sounds like a funny phrase but its the place you definitely want to be in this situation.
Physicspilot 1 year ago
i think there's lots of paragliding instructors who've watched that video,, can they do a favor and analyze what mistakes happened here,, and the best remedy from it ?
temy2 2 years ago 4
I know but what made the first chute fail?
Ethan102224 2 years ago
outsch...in future: happy landings :D
Lufthansa115 2 years ago
The lst part was so unexpected. "Well, I'm on the ground now". Glad he's ok but I would not fly one of those if you paid me.
discothief 2 years ago
what exactly happened?
Ethan102224 2 years ago
he was landing in a tree^^
Lufthansa115 2 years ago
price of convenience [as above] thats why i fly a hang glider ,the air has got to be way way more violent, to cause issues with the lovley air frame.all para glider pilots should try hang gliding ,not as convenient ,but a bit of rough air wo n`t spoil your day.
roseytinted 2 years ago
it was the variometer it is also used in gliders...if you rise the variometer starts beeping faster and faster......usw. glider pilot
hlgpyr223 2 years ago
Damn! So - knowing nothing about Paragliding... I am guessing that the high pitched beeping right before the right side line went limp was an indication of what was about to happen?? What happened? Stall? Looks like fun for sure other than the death spiral. Gotta get me one!
bobsutube 2 years ago
That was his alti-vario. That sound means he was climbing, because he hit a thermal.
MultiParabellum 2 years ago
THAT WAS CRAZY!!!
Lindinha69 2 years ago
He's alive.....and not injured.....that is all that matters.
TheProphiting1 2 years ago 12
you learn by experience. people will tell you what to expect and what you should do, how much and when to recover. you won't learn this as a course until you're intermediate or advanced. or, you might just find out all by yourself, and have the experience of a wing suddenly turn to shit, that's the beauty of PG. it's the price you pay for convenience. - lucky 'save' by the tree.
Hang1forEver 2 years ago
she whent too high with that you cant go high because when i bought one it said it in the book
halogodz23 2 years ago
you nob - you can go as high as you can breathe in a paraglider.
simonh1002 2 years ago
He didn't even try,that glider was ok,he just got into spiral,how such a amateur can fly glider like this,even I with 2 years of flying have better reactions than this jerk
smainsk 2 years ago