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Rocky
Приєднався 17 лют 2009
Flying, skitouring & climbing in the Alps
Schusterplatte - hike & fly with Drei Zinnen view
Started the hike at 6:20am in Moos, hiked up through Fischleintal and had a small break at Drei Zinnen hut for water refill and an Espresso. The last section to Schusterplatte required a bit of scrambling in partially crumbly conditions with some loose rocks. Take off at 11am direction south, with almost ideal wind from SW.
0:00 hike
1:33 take off
2:00 fly
4:28 landing
5:11 the track
Equipment:
Skywalk Spirit 85
Skywalk Core
Music: Anvil by Lorn
0:00 hike
1:33 take off
2:00 fly
4:28 landing
5:11 the track
Equipment:
Skywalk Spirit 85
Skywalk Core
Music: Anvil by Lorn
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Gaishorn Hike & Fly XC - Tannheimer Tal
Переглядів 1644 місяці тому
This XC flight didn't go as planned, but the way it worked out was still very interesting. The thermal forecast was not really good for this day, the cloud coverage got to me when it mattered the most and my small amount of XC & location expierence made it challenging to accompish the ambitious objective. Trial & error. Nevertheless I have a lot of good memories of this day =) 0:00 hike & prep ...
Hohe Munde hike & fly
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Not the perfect day for this mountain, but I decided to give it a try. Had to wait over 1 hour until I got a window without cloud coverage and had to start with slightly tailwind in the given direction. My subjective opinion for possible take off directions that I have seen: - NE / E is the easiest one (what I did) - SE is ok-ish a bit further down the summit - SW is possible from the summit at...
Zugspitze hike & fly
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Hiking up via Stopselzieher with nothing unusual there =) Takeoff conditions were borderline for Zugspitze. When I first came through at the takeoff area, westwind about 10km/h was still present, 30min later when I came back from the summit the wind died down completely. Being totally focused on the takeoff procedure I forgot to turn on the GoPro at the start. Though this was really the most th...
Sinabell hike & fly - Dachstein
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Skywalk Spirit 85 Startrichtung SSW 0:00 hike 0:28 jump 0:40 fly 2:03 wingovers 2:51 landing
XC flight Greifenburg
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This is my first proper XC flight which was also submited for obtaining my XC license (German paragliding license "B"). Gear: Skywalk Masala 3 Range X-Alps 3 0:00 take off Thermiktreff 0:41 first thermal 2:38 valley crossing to Gaugen 4:40 valley crossing to Stagor 4:59 Stagor southwest ridge 6:35 Hoher Stand souteast ridge 7:15 flying back 9:25 sinking in the valley 10:35 returning to landing ...
Hohe Salve Paragliding
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Two hike & flys on Hohe Salve. First one with Skywalk Spirit 85 & Kore harness, second one with Skywalk Masala3 and Range X-Alps pod harness. 0:00 Hike 0:15 take off 0:25 clouds 1:05 working on wingovers 1:36 landing 2:05 helicopter helicopter
Paragliding Osterfelderkopf with too much wind - Föhn
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"It is better to stay on the ground and wanting to be in the air than the other way around". On one hand Alpine Foehn was forcasted, on the other hand not too much wind in the Garmisch area. I decided to give it a try... Every second of this flight was intense and I am glad that I was flying on my EN-A wing. Some lessons learned today. As some people like to make accusations based on pure specu...
Brauneck paragliding and Sahara dust
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Hike & fly - Skywalk Spirit 85 7th of April 2024
Brauneck to Stiealm winter paragliding
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55min flight on a beautiful winter day with unexpected numerous thermals and some typical Brauneck air traffic Skywalk Masala 3
FPV - ski descent
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somewhere in Austria Flywoo Explorer LR 4 O3 self build
Paragliding mount Ainos to Lourdas Beach Kefalonia
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Hike & Fly on October 19th 2023 A lot of parawaiting at the summit due to thick cloud layer, had to decend half the mountain to 850m AMSL till I found a place for takeoff, by that time the clouds dissolved too. Forgot to switch on the GoPro at the start. 0:00 Approach to the beach 2:38 Deep blue water 3:20 Easy turns over the beach 4:40 Landing Skywalk Masala 3
Short flight over Myrtos Beach Kefalonia paragliding
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Short flight over Myrtos Beach Kefalonia paragliding
This year I thought it was a great idea to go hiking during foehn. Bad idea aswell! I thought there must be a lee side but nope... I was close to turn around after some gusts almost made me fly without any wing. The firn ice from the top of the mountain on the luv side was ripped away with gusts and came down on my lee side. Interesting experience but I will not repeat that. The wind station on a lower mountain top on the lee side of the ridge recorded wind speeds of up to 140 km/h.
@@OffSurfaceAdventures since I am paragliding I also pay a lot of attention what the air is doing - especially on the Foehn days - when am hiking or climbing =)
Who has to learn not to fly in Föhn-Conditions? Everyone knows not to do this, well, everyone should know, it's tought in all flying-schools, told in every book. No, you did not very well, you just had good luck, that's all. A glide just is not stable enough to really control it in these conditions, try with a hangglider, well, no, just do not do things like that. Not even is it not recommended, it is just stupid.
Wieder was gelernt. Danke für's Teilen! Stay save! Always happy landings! 😉👍
Was muss man da bitte lernen, sofern man irgendeinen Schein fürs Fliegen hat. Das war einfach nur völlig dumm und ignorant, was er da aufgeführt hat.
Cool video, thanks ❤ Can „big years” help is this situation?
@@antonpegov2745well, the general opinion here is that big ears would help to stabilize the flight. But I never tried it myself for this purpose as I have not come close to such conditions again =)
Schöne Aufnahmen! Wasnist dein Abfluggewicht mit der gewählten Ausrüstung? Grüße
@@Hansito_s Danke =) Abfluggewicht je nach Zeug im Rucksack ca. 85-90kg
@@RockIceAir danke für die Rückmeldung 👌🏼
1., Ich sehe überhaupt nicht, dass du ernsthaft mit deinen Händen arbeitest. 2. Als du über dem Landebereich warst, warum bist du nicht einfach abspiralt?
@@andreasm.6304 Das hast du richtig erkannt. Ernsthafte Arbeit mit den Händen findet bei mir meist nur im Gym oder beim Thaiboxen statt, beim Fliegen zupfe ich nur an den Leinen rum.
There are old pilots and there are brave pilots. But there are no old, brave pilots.
Vielen Dank für die Veröffentlichung des Videos! Ich weiß aus eigener Erfahrung dass man auf Videos, in denen man Fehler oder Fehlentscheidungen zeigt, gerne mal "komische“ Kommentare bekommt. Konstruktive Kritik ist ja ok bzw erwünscht, aber manchen fehlt einfach die Empathie und/oder die gute Erziehung! Sehr gut geschnitten, sowohl Bild als auch Ton!! Dankeschön!
@Basisschleicher Danke für deinen Kommentar! Ich habe tatsächlich gerade im Nachgang viel gelernt aus dem Flug. Vor allem durch die konstruktiven Kommentare hier, die Gespräche mit einem erfahrenen Piloten direkt nach der Landung und nachträglichen Diskussionen mit Fluglehreren. Die unsachliche oder "oberflächliche" Kritik gehört bei so einem Video mit kontroversen Entscheidungen wohl dazu und dient in dem meisten Fällen wahrscheinlich eher dem Kommentator selber als Selbstbestätigung, da kann man wohl auch keine Empathie mehr erwarten =)
Welches Kommentar sollte man denn bitte schreiben unter so eine klare Darstellung von Ignoranz gegenüber dem Wetter, den Bedingungen? Föhn passiert nicht plötzlich, Föhn wird angesagt, meist Tage, bevor er sich tatsächlich entwickelt. Die Fehlentscheidung war, überhaupt den Schirm auszupacken mit den Gedanken, ach, wird schon passen, ist eh nicht so schlimm. Da kann man nur den Kopf schütteln und froh sein, dass keine Rettungskräfte ihr Leben riskieren mussten, um den Typ aus irgendeiner Wand, einem Baum zu kratzen.
I despise those blame games as usually foehn is no black or white situation: Sometimes its just a slight southerly breeze with great flying conditions in shielded valleys and unflyable in others - depending on local orography. Its intensity may change from minute to minute too. So as Alpine conditions are demanding and often changing with the minute pls. do your own research: Ask locals, watch clouds (in this case they were torn which is an indicator of strong turbulence) and get the latest report from the relevant weather stations. Probably real time wind conditions from Patscherkofel (a relevant Foehn swathe through the main alpine ridge) in this case would have provided enough reason to cancel the flight .
Great video in a spectacular landscape! I realized that you fly in a restricted area. Personally I don't mind, but I don't want you to get in trouble. Stay Safe
@@MaxGraminsky thank you. I am not aware of any (air space) violations in this flight. Landing at Vilsalpsee was not intentional. Which restriction did I violate?
Hi, nice video, is there any road to the summit take off spot?
@@octavciortan yes, there is a normal road to the summit. Possible take off location further east on the summit ridge. At the beginning it's too stony/rocky.
@@RockIceAir Thank you, can you please share location?
@@octavciortan I don't remember the exact location, I couldn't start from the top (see video description) but I can see in my track that I walked around in this location a bit and thought about starting here: maps.app.goo.gl/vP2Yot5BjJUGfqLS7?g_st=ac
@@octavciortan I have seen Facebook posts with someone starting at the observatory: maps.app.goo.gl/cgcd1PbAgaR5RCBt8 What I had to do - after walking down half of the mountain - was to start here, but really don't recommend it, rocks, bushes, etc: maps.app.goo.gl/HbMEVCUTygwWdVTf6
If you had checked the weather forecast beforehand, you would not have put yourself in unnecessary danger! Foehn winds are predicted fairly accurately and are known to be unsuitable and dangerous for paragliding. What else can I say other than that you should stick to the rules you were taught at paragliding school!
Amazing you coined the analog "washing machine" because that's what I called it when I got in a strong mountain rotor! Seems to take forever to land doesn't it? I also have a chase Cam but was always worried to use it in anything but ideal conditions for fear of it getting tangled in my lines, but seems OK fine to hang back. Not sure about symmetric frontals though which I had a lot of. What do you think?
@@sandrainthesky1011 @sandrainthesky1011 Yes the flight was not really long, but I couldn't wait to finally get back on the ground =) I am usually more worried about the chasecam getting entangled (on the ground) during sketchy takeoffs, then I usually switch to the helmet mount. That's funny I never had any big frontal collapses, only self induced ones, I think the cam will shoot forwards in any collapse situation, probably a bit more in case of a frontal... Maybe don't use it if you expect frontals. Or tell me how it went 😅 Also I heard it can entangle in big wingovers, but I am not doing them that extremely =)
On the ground situation mine has a weak link in the form of two paper clips paired. A good tug and it disconnects at the wing
That was a workout !😮
Wenns wirklich Föhn ist, wirds gefährlich. Starker Wind ist handlebar, aber Föhnturbulenzen sind total unberechenbar. Da ist man dankbar am Boden zu sein. Alles gut ausgegangen, das ist das Wichtigste. 👍🤙
You knew about the 40km/h wind and the direction it was coming, and still you choose to land directly behind a hill in lee... I'm speechless. Dangerous, and a bad decision since you could and should have landed on the other side of that hill, which you were in the beginning! If that was impossible, at least you should land as far away from any rotor-making objects as possible, yet you land right at the foot of that hill...
@@ozone7 you prove a lack of understanding the circumstances. You didn't even bother to check how the other side of that hill looks like (you can see it in my vid btw). Calling me out for a bad decision not to land there is quite ridiculous. For the second part of your comment: yes, I could have landed maybe 100m further away from the hill, closer to the city. But I doubt that would have changed anything about the wild mix of valley wind and the Alpine Foehn.
Wow, good camera man or whatever there too.
Great! Which route you took to the summit? Where you landed? Thanks
@@ildiko6536 Thank you =) I went up the Stopselzieher and landed close to the "Tiroler Zugspitz Bahn"
Fehleinschätzungen passieren allen mal, das Wichtigste ist nicht die Nerven verlieren und damit umgehen. Super aktiv geflogen und letztendlich gut gelandet. Danke fürs Teilen.
In diesem Fall war's wohl eine Unterlassung bei der Flugvorbereitung statt einer "Fehleinschätzung". Föhnlagen passieren nicht plötzlich. Sie werden von den entsprechenden Wetterdiensten zuverlässig vorausgesagt. So können sich im Nu vermeintlich "ruhige" Wetterverhältnisse zu einer ernsten Gefahrenlage entwickeln, wenn der Föhn durchbricht. Wer ernsthaft bei Föhn fliegen will, dem sei empfohlen, vom Gleitschirmfliegen auf's Segelfliegen umzusteigen! Happy Landing und eine unfallfreie Saison.
Thank you for the details in the Video description.
Great video 👍❤
You did very well in terms of flying skills, impressive ! Thanks for sharing your experience
No, he did NOT very well, he tried to fly conditions he could not control, was just lucky that guy.
Phenomenal mountain range my friend! Trail looks a bit scary and steep but simply epic!
jeder wie er es braucht.. bei fön is quasi als würdest in einen wildwasserbach springen bei hochwasser.. aber gut gekämpft! respekt! wer dumme entscheidungen trifft, sollte genug können u verstand haben um zu überleben aber oft würde ich dir das nicht empfehlen😂🍺✌️
Except for launching with these conditions, great piloting and wing control.
Badassery
Holly Molly that's scary! Great handling 👍and I can imagine how relieved you were on the ground.
Love the cam footage. I have looked through to see if you have said how you did it and cant see an answer. So what did you use? I am guessing a lond pole attached to your harness?
@@flyingmortgageman I recorded it with a so called chasecam & GoPro. You can just google for "Skybean Chase XC" that should explain it =)
Everyone knows NOT to fly in Föhn conditions. Really this makes me annoyed watching. I did paragliding for 20+ Give back your license immediately!
@@thomaspoett868 I have a life hack for you: don't waste your time and energy watching things that annoy you.
@@RockIceAir putting yourself on risk like this is annoying. 1. Check flight conditions - you didn’t 2. Check your area and get in case infos from locals You even didn’t do any of those and it’s a legal requirement. Everyone know the landing conditions around Wank/ Osterfelder because of the wind system in GAP valley. Even this you ignored. And than being proud showing of this video At least you should have been honest with a review of all the mistakes you made
@@thomaspoett868 How the fck do you want to know what I did or did not do in preparation on this day? You are accusing me with a lot of things without knowing anything about me or my reasons. Go and fight your social justice wars on X/Twitter, I am sure there happend enough in the last 24hours that needs your "qualified" comments.
@@RockIceAir Sorry for the junior pilots rude behaviour. Says PG Pilot for 37yrs (no kidding) :-)
Лайк 😎
@@juliaa187 спс <3
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so how brown were your underpants after that one?
@@obi.wan_canopy 💩
I'm guessing,You must've not seen the weather forecast. You took care through out the flight. Good pilot. Careful next time. 😎✌
@AliBabaFlyHigh I was checking the forecast a lot actually and still went for it. I was not aware that the foehn was breaking through at this location. The wind at the take off has calmed down for 15min and I decided to fly. But I was actually just in a big lee zone the whole time. Big misjudgement of the local wind situation
"Das, was wir machen, ist eine ziemlich absurde Tätigkeit. Ist es nicht völlig absurd, dort hinzugehen, wo man umkommen könnte, um nicht umzukommen? Die Kunst dabei aber ist, nicht umzukommen! Diese Kunst, nicht umzukommen, wiederum ist nur eine Kunst, weil man dabei umkommen könnte. Es ist doch ganz einfach: Sonst wäre es kein Grenzgang ... Wenn ich zurückkomme, zuletzt nicht dabei umkomme, habe ich einen Grenzgang hinter mir. Und erlebe das als Wiedergeburt." Reinhold Messner These: Ein jeder soll frei sein diese Grenze so schraf wie er will zu erfahren, oder niemals. Wissend was er tut, oder nicht.
Toll :) Mit wie viel gewicht bist du den Spirit geflogen ?
Ist der Spirit 85 mit ca 90kg Startgewicht gerade =)
@@RockIceAirzufrieden damit ? :)
@@tobiasl.4038 ja auf jeden Fall, Packmaß und Gewicht sind niedrig, fliegt sich zackig und man kann sogar auch mal bisschen Höhe aufbauen wenn man einen ordentlichen Bart findet =)
Toller Flug. 👏Welche Startrichtung ist das bzw. welcher Landeplatz?🤔
Startrichtung war Nord und Landeplatz bei Söll =)
@@RockIceAir THX 👍
It was quite a ride, Bro. What flying camera do you use?
Camera is a GoPro 11 with Skybean Chase XC mount
Amazing. I am kind of afraid to ask, but what happens if your feet slip out of the rope they are pushing against?
Nothing, the rope at the feet in the first half of the video is just an optional tool for accelerating the wing. Kind of like the throttle in a car. I am sitting in something that is similar to a climbing harness and that holds me around my thighs and hips =)
@@RockIceAir Whew...Ok! Nice. I'll be in Kef in 2 weeks, can't wait. Sorry, no hang gliding for me...too chicken!
@@SamDiMento You can try to find a professional tandem pilot there, maybe they fly at Myrtos beach, just ask them. Enjoy the island =)
Very informative. Learned a lot! Thank You!
Awesome!
Looks like having no idea about wind systems...ar just an bastard adrenaline junkie...
Its nuts with a hangglider, which usually wont collapse. But with a Paraglider its totally nuts. If the air would be visible as water, it looks like a storm flood with foamy big waves...go for a swim? Glad you are safe.
schön den Scheiss 1:1 als Video zu sehen..................aber Deine Entscheidung betr. Fliegen oder nicht Fliegen begreife ich definitiv nicht ! - Bereits in den 80er Jahren kriegten wir folgende Meteoregel "eingepauckt" : ab 4 hPa Druckdifferenz zwischen N +S wird nicht mehr geflogen............... // aber diese Regel wird ja seit gefühlt 20 Jahren von Wettkampfpiloten (und möchtegern Wetkampfpiloten) systematisch gebrochen.... // doof finde ich enfach, dass wenn mal was passieren tut, schlussendlich die Allgemeinheit wieder dafür bezalen muss. Will heissen, die Prämien für Unfall und/oder Krankenversicherung werden einfach erhöht..................:-(..................................// Meine Meinung: finanzielle Regress-Schraube bei Sportunfällen sollte deutlich angezogen werden.
Intentionally take off AND fly in the lee, well, if you like it. 🙄😆 You knew what you were doing. - I flew in the windward direction, which was also "interesting" ua-cam.com/video/bpxTrxCCiCc/v-deo.html
Fliege nie bei Föhn. Niemand, absolut niemand hat kann voraussagen wie und wann der Föhn aktiv ist und durchbricht. Aber der Pilot hätte schon an den zerfetzten Kumuli sehen sollen, das der Föhn bereits stark in der Höhe ins Tal greift.
Thx for sharing. Luckily for u the turbulens settled nearer ground. Nice video edit :) Big ears and bar might be good in situations like this. Say from 100m down to 25m in your case here. (until tings settled). Anyhow, happy to see you kept I cool and landed safe!
wow! What a ride :) You wont forget that one for a while. Hope you had you brown underpants on that day. Good active flying in nasty conditions.
Underpants were totally soaking wet afterwards :P
Thanks for posting! I flew this area over 42 years ago, when paragliding started out. Great seeing my old stomping grounds. Still flying all these years later, but now in B.C. with a Geo6 and a Flare Moustache. Good times! Luckily we don't have the "Foehn" conditions here in British Columbia. Keep it safe and happy flying!
Can't imagine how it was in the old days. Must have been a lot more risky than nowadays. Where do you fly in BC?
@@RockIceAir I agree, the wings have improved so much. I mostly fly in the Interior in BC. We have several sites around Williams Lake and Sabina near Kamloops has a great site. Now that I also have a Flare Moustache I have a lot more options.
lucky guy------
Wenn Du in der Unfallstatistik auftauchen willst, weiter so. Aber du tust damit weder dir, noch allen anderen einen Gefallen.