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Uploaded by on Aug 24, 2006

Hang gliding in Yosemite Nat. Park. Glacier point launch, half dome, yosemite falls.

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  • was this a continuous video? this is amazing. i just started hang gliding at lookout mountain. i want to come here so bad.

  • no. this was cut from 15 minutes of continuous flight video.

  • How long did the flight last???

  • 15 minutes. The park services only allows us to fly in the early morning when there is no lift.

  • Great Stuff. God I miss the mountains. Great flight - a bit harsh landing :)))

  • True! I'm usually really dialed into the Yosemite landing but this time I was a little distracted by the fear of damaging my camera.

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  • wow that is insane. Is it easy to control? Id love to do it, but Im worried Id turn the wrong way or something and well.. plummet to my death.

  • They say ghosts haunt the place of their death.If you plummeted to your death in Yosemite,would that be such a bad thing?..Better than a dusty old house or mossy old castle,if you ask me.

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  • Did that landing hurt? lol 

  • Is this still legal? If it is how advanced of a pilot does this take?

  • Yosemite is without doubt the most beautiful place I have ever been to

  • When you hangglide do you use your body as a rudder to steer? Because thats what it looked like you were doing.

  • @dpawkng It'ss difficult to "plummet" to your death. Todays hang gliders automatically stabilize when you stop controlling it.

  • how much flight time can you get with a jump like that?

  • AWESOME!!!

  • flew there in 1976, great experience, hang 4 rating #212

  • What the camera doesn't show is the drop-off once you clear the point. The terrain slopes gradually, like most launches, and then the dramatic drop-off: an extra 4000' of elevation in a split second! That was the most breathtaking aspect of the flight for me.

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