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Rick Warner
United States
Приєднався 11 жов 2012
Відео
Sky High Mud Low: A Weekend in the Life of Owens Valley Hang Glide Pilots [4K]
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Sky High Mud Low: A Weekend in the Life of Owens Valley Hang Glide Pilots [4K]
Launching a Hang Glider off the switchbacks to Cerro Gordo
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Launching a Hang Glider off the switchbacks to Cerro Gordo
[HIGHLIGHTS] Hang Gliding through Rainbow Valley, New Zealand [4K]
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[HIGHLIGHTS] Hang Gliding through Rainbow Valley, New Zealand [4K]
[FULL LENGTH FLIGHT] Hang Gliding through Rainbow Valley, New Zealand [4K]
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[FULL LENGTH FLIGHT] Hang Gliding through Rainbow Valley, New Zealand [4K]
Hang glide pilot gets Hypoxic and lives to tell
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Hang glide pilot gets Hypoxic and lives to tell
My second Hike and Fly at the Twins, Tehachapi, CA
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My second Hike and Fly at the Twins, Tehachapi, CA
Hang Glider Hike and Fly at the Twins, Tehachapi, CA
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Hang Glider Hike and Fly at the Twins, Tehachapi, CA
Skipping across the top of a convergence line.
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Skipping across the top of a convergence line.
Hang gliding over Split Mountain, Eastern Sierras at 15k feet altitude.
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Hang gliding over Split Mountain, Eastern Sierras at 15k feet altitude.
Willy Dydo demonstrates the art of hang gliding.
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Willy Dydo demonstrates the art of hang gliding.
Almost Failed Hang Glide Launch in Monroe Utah
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Almost Failed Hang Glide Launch in Monroe Utah
A Sixteen Minute Flight [Uncut] [2.7K + HD Audio]
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A Sixteen Minute Flight [Uncut] [2.7K HD Audio]
Buzzing Rock Towers and Spines in Owens Valley in a Hang Glider Labor Day Weekend 2021 [4K]
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Buzzing Rock Towers and Spines in Owens Valley in a Hang Glider Labor Day Weekend 2021 [4K]
Low Cloud Base and Playful Conditions Hang Gliding Santa Barbara
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Low Cloud Base and Playful Conditions Hang Gliding Santa Barbara
First Day of Hang Glide Lessons in Santa Barbara
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First Day of Hang Glide Lessons in Santa Barbara
My First Two Years of Hang Gliding [Best of] (2019 - 2018)
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My First Two Years of Hang Gliding [Best of] (2019 - 2018)
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
Sweden. Awesome. Great shot
That's awesome! I didn't know hang gliders made that noise when flying by.
It's the sound of vortex shedding off the side wires. Only at high speeds.
High speed pass...that was fun,.. and for the rest of the flight...in an airline pilot's voice 😅
Thats is how we like it! Good time incoming.
How tf did you get that high in the air with a hanglider
This day I foot launched off a mountain at about 9.3k feet above Mean Sea Level (MSL), flew for about 5 hours 45 minutes, covered 143 miles, and got as high as 15.5k MSL before landing at 4.2k MSL. Hang gliders can do a lot more than what I think most people would expect. In general we can fly as high as thermals (literal columns of hot air) take us. On a good day we can easily get to 17,999 MSL which is the highest we can legally fly without a class A clearance.
It’s fueled? Now I get it why your flights are so long!
Indeed! Also fueled by HAFE
Do you have a parachute for safety?
Indeed! Although it's extremely rare to have to use it.
hell yeah 🤙
ive always wanted to land the wash that was amazing!
It's exciting once it's over, but probably better to stick to nice green pastures as often as possible. 😜
Be carful! Good luck
I will thank you
Pretty brave 🎉🎉
It would be brave for most anyone. Strangely it doesn't feel brave to me. What's not shown are the many years of learning and progression.
I think it's wonderful that you can do this 😊 kudos 👏
nutsack
Spectacular
Ukraine 🇺🇦 How many bombs can you carry 😂 my drone is in the shop rn.
Eight
Only thrè coments!?
I know right?
What’s the lift like up there above snow ( no thermals ) Hotter below moves up and hits altitude cold … is it breeze along the ridges?
Contrary to what seems obvious, snow actually can generate thermals! Thermals are the results of something on the ground getting hotter than the ambient air. So when the sun hits the snow it sometimes does get hotter than the air. Especially at high altitude. Hot air also does move up from below, sometimes it sticks to the mountain like a sticky bubble in a lava lamp, and trickles all the way up to the top of the mountain before breaking off and floating up and away.
How does this not have millions of views? This is so cool!
I know right? Hehe
Is that orange patch CA super flower boom ? Every turn is something else!!!
I think it is most likely natural traces of iron in the rock and soil.
Spectacular view from that altitude above the mountains. You on oxygen?
Indeed! I have a small constant flow system with a 180 liter tank.
Freezing!!!!!! 😮. Looks really pretty but …. Freezing?? What was your altitude?
Thanks for the comment! I updated the description. I am at 15,500 feet, about 24F on that day.
Don't know where I'm gonna land - with this line, the greatest adventures begin ;-)
Indeed, and you're the first person to say something about the lyrics.
Amazing! Would you mind sharing the spot?
Haapiti, December 2023
Ummmm you own a 4x4 so why did you drive on the road where it was a muddy hole? 4x4s are designed to go off the road..so you simply drive around the hole???? Or would that be a bit much outside the box
Must be too far outside the box for these sloped forehead hang glide pilots.
Nice ride!
Thanks!
why?
so he can dip his toes in the water
It was actually because of a peanut allergy.
Smooth L&L!
did you get an uber back?
No I flew back to the main Landing Zone.
I knew... told ya so!
So here I am a Post Pound, Make that a Super Pound, anyways: I know nor if I will be able to Fly My Beloved Predator again. Nut I sure do Want to. Watching this Video depicting Pilots having to overcome being stuck in the Mud, and needing to use a Chainsaw to Cut Branches of a Down Tree that were blocking their Way, reminds Me of something that Our Dear Departed Friend once said regarding a Quite short, Well a Short XC Flight By Km's standard reply. anyways. I believe that KM only Flew like 20 or Thirty Miles that Day. I remember in Lake McClures LZ Once. I said to KM: "Ken; We all know how bad a Pilot that You are. Why is that You Fly so much?" KM replied while He chuckled: as He said: " Big Guy I know How BAD A Pilot I am, Bur I just love to Fly". As many of You who knew Km. KM was a great Pilot. But Km as a Person was a Much Better Person. than He was a Pilot. And that He was! Ok in closing these dissertations regarding KM as a Pilot and as a Human Being. So, all these Accolades on KM as a Pilot and a Person why they are True. But another reality regarding KM is that on a Flight back on January Twenty-eight, 2010, while flying, boating around, flying back and forth along the ridge up above Launch and along the ridge up at McClure. KM experienced a Muid Air. Well, the end result was that He succumbed to Blunt Trauma injuries to His Skull. I so Wish on that Day that Km had decided to head out and fly an XC route. For if KM had decided to Fly XC instead of Flying at the Home Site. Then undoubtedly KM would still be alive today. Gosh Darn, I sure do Miss KM!
Thanks!
Flew there from 1974 to1978. Pioneered Cerro Gordon on south whites. Best flight 35 miles with 16,500 gal. Amazing place to fly. Last flight there crash landed in foothill, Great memories there with Jerry Katz setting 80+ mile record.
So cool! Thanks for sharing.
*Promo sm* 😭
Me gusta promo sm
Tail end of a thermal possibly
Beautiful flight and narration!
This was hella fun. I love the video style juxtaposition between you and Soham.
I have wanted to this my entire life. Never had the opportunity...went skydiving when I was young, but this is what I've always wanted to do...
It's never too late to give it a try. Good clean fun from day one and only gets better.
Go learn it then. It is amazing. I also wanted as a kid, and only started at 29. But there are plenty of starters over 50 and beyound, and plenty pilots at 70 and more.
are there any areas or things you should look for when teying to find rising air
Absolutely. The easiest way to find rising air is to fly under a cloud- as every fluffy cloud is formed from rising air. However there are probably over 30 different (more subtle) signals to look for in weather. This challenge of finding upward air is the most addicting fun, and is the essence to the sport of soaring.
Besides clouds: wind direction, terrain shape, trees or bushes shaking, contrast of terrain color such as dark rocks in the middle of a forest (they heat more), soaring birds like vultures and hawks, other pilots circling and going up, trigger spots on the ground such as a road downwind of a green field, naked earth in the middle of a green field, a cliff facing the sun...... The list goes on. You start with wind/terrain and clouds, but with time learn to read more and more.
Wow
Awesome work Rick! Great story. I enjoyed every minute. Also great to see all you sharing the adventure!
Thanks!
I flew there back in (77 /78 ?) just before the first Owens Valley Cross Country Classic. We were launching off where the microwave towers are now ( if I remember correctly ) I was flying a Seagull 7 , but could not glide out to the valley floor and ended up crashing beside the road about halfway up the mountain ,as the winds had picked up substantially. I ended up driving for a friend of mine for the next week . 😥
Ooof! I remember looking at the terrain between launch and the main highway- it's no man's land! It's amazing you pulled it off and walked away! Thank you for sharing your story!
Great story and very well presented. It is hard to create a video of this length and be able to retain your audience. You absolutely nailed it !
Thank you so much!
I love how when you took off you looked left and right, like driving out onto a street haha
gotta check for any motorcyclists running the redlight!
When you were running down the ramp it looked like you almost went off the side 😂
I was about to! 😊 They should have made the ramp angle 3 degrees to the right!😜
Great, entertaining video
Glad you enjoyed it
Be safe man!!!! It takes guts to somthing like that!! Kudos 🤙🏼
thanks!
How do u land
We fly slowly and land on a flat piece of land on our feet! Here's an example of landing on a beach. ua-cam.com/users/shortscWzYLQ5S1YA?si=cAuV2ImiPzlzR4jd
Was the vg full off?
Yes
@@RBWARNER don't you find harder to get a clean flare with it full off?
@@ericoschmittyes 100%. This flight I was experimenting with the feel of no VG, I'm still learning. But also I did it to increase my drag as to not overfly my downhill sloped runway. I much prefer 1/3 - 1/2 VG to land. Next time I'll use a drogue if needed.
@@RBWARNER nice! Careful not to hold the drogue in your hands :) I guess you know it
Where's my tuna sandwich :)
I don't understand what he's doing to move that fast.
It was amazing how little he had to work once he got established while surfing the boats wake. Exactly like what dolphins do.
Song?
Giulio Cercato- take me home