Paramotor Camping! ...and all of its struggles

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  • Опубліковано 12 січ 2025

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  • @MarkHuneycutt
    @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +21

    I actually HAD to land at 6:50
    Full power, not climbing. Right turn meant losing altitude with a turn and going more into the lee, although there was a valley. Left turn had people and rising terrain. Go Atom 80 power 😅. Landing was still soft though

    • @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun
      @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun Місяць тому

      @MarkHuneycutt oh wow looks easy but not easy at all huh how long is it to learn 🤔

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +2

      @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun 7-14 days. It's frustrating at 1st but it's not hard

    • @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun
      @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun Місяць тому

      @MarkHuneycutt that's great 👍 is it very much to get into it like getting one or renting one? What else it take to start it? Where I live I'd have to wait to try it in May yea it's that cold 🥶 here

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому

      @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun you go to a flight school that has gear for you to use during training. Then during or after, you can buy gear once you understand it

    • @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun
      @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun Місяць тому

      @MarkHuneycutt how much does one cost what do you need for it? Why I ask is I know

  • @onepunch7632
    @onepunch7632 Місяць тому +18

    Came for the flood content, stayed for all the other ba content. 💪🏼 I'd love to do what you do but couldn't even imagine where to start. Maybe you could make a video kinda going over the process/steps if someone wanted to get into para-motoring and what your process was like. Thanks!

  • @iamscottmitchell
    @iamscottmitchell Місяць тому +18

    This is the coolest thing ever. Thanks for the video.

  • @douglasrice3752
    @douglasrice3752 Місяць тому +7

    Awesome! Thanks for taking us along.

  • @pathfinderdiscovery9395
    @pathfinderdiscovery9395 Місяць тому +8

    This was great mark , thanks for taking us on an adventure camping trip with you guys

  • @jerrydelyea5820
    @jerrydelyea5820 Місяць тому +7

    Good times. Scott is cool ! He’s a fighter, eating that parking lot launch hahaha. Great people helping you out. Nice job on your last one. Hope all is going well dude. Cheers from the rocks up here in Canada.

  • @pkwithmeplease
    @pkwithmeplease Місяць тому +4

    amazing job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks to the guys who sent their video to you for the video!!!!!!!! that was amazing!!!!!!!!

  • @joshperryppg
    @joshperryppg Місяць тому +6

    "I thought you were going to say no, but you said yes." Cracked me up!

  • @williamgarland8565
    @williamgarland8565 Місяць тому +3

    Awesome video. I had a great time paramotor camping. Everyone needs to try this.

  • @susanworthington8167
    @susanworthington8167 Місяць тому +4

    This is just so cool. Thanks fir taking us with you in your adventures. 💙🌎🌟

  • @johnwbrown0829
    @johnwbrown0829 Місяць тому +6

    Living the life! God bless! Im in north Alabama and 73. 🙂

  • @coltenwenger
    @coltenwenger Місяць тому +2

    Great video man! I’ll always watch a good fly camping adventure. Those launches were impressive, nailed it!

  • @dudemanismadcool
    @dudemanismadcool 25 днів тому

    5:20 is a beautiful shot mate. God, that is a great road we wouldn't have anything close to the magnitude of that in Australia. The way it follows that gentle ridge down for eternity is sick, I wonder if that's a popular longboarding spot.

  • @jonnomcintosh8336
    @jonnomcintosh8336 Місяць тому +5

    Ohh boy I''m so excited for this video!!

  • @cathyprosser1050
    @cathyprosser1050 Місяць тому +4

    Y'all are such brave souls. 😮 Not anything I could ever see myself doing. Awesome views 😊

  • @hraven7799
    @hraven7799 19 днів тому

    Wow!! Absolutely beautiful and amazing something that I would never have been able to experience in my life! Thank you Mark for taking us along. I hope you and the family are doing well. Wishing you all a very merry, merry Christmas. Sending big hugs from Welches , Oregon.

  • @pauljoseph8338
    @pauljoseph8338 Місяць тому +3

    So cool. Wish I would’ve known about this sport when I was younger. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Ray96744
    @Ray96744 Місяць тому +6

    100% awesome and 100% crazy

  • @TexasCupid
    @TexasCupid Місяць тому +1

    I'm new to your channel and i have no freaking idea how i never stumbled upon your channel until now but im glad i did!

  • @robbieeades1956
    @robbieeades1956 Місяць тому +2

    Great video Mark. Looks like so much fun to go out and do that. You cant learn stupid stuff if you dont try stupid stuff. Lol. Thats my motto. Cant wait for your next video.

  • @Carlo_Ruggeri
    @Carlo_Ruggeri 25 днів тому

    this rocked man, loved all of this, those guys who helped you out have a story to tell for years

  • @evanorthcliff2782
    @evanorthcliff2782 Місяць тому +1

    Ive always enjoyed watching the young guys enjoy doing this when i lived in Tucson, Az.

  • @jasongrinnell1986
    @jasongrinnell1986 22 дні тому

    I enjoyed the video. Thanks for taking us along.

  • @robynclark6152
    @robynclark6152 Місяць тому +1

    That was so cool, too bad I’m not 25 yrs younger lol!! Looks like So much fun!!
    Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @blowinshtup6553
    @blowinshtup6553 Місяць тому +7

    cool content.👍 i was wondering if you were going to continue the channel and what direction it might take (or not) after the excellent hurricane coverage you did.

    • @robbieeades1956
      @robbieeades1956 Місяць тому

      @@blowinshtup6553 I wish he would put that video of the man living in his car out. That would be interesting to watch.

  • @VanyaD88
    @VanyaD88 Місяць тому +2

    "If you ain't doing anything stupid are you even learning?" Lol! I love it. 😂

  • @gapster46
    @gapster46 Місяць тому +3

    Density altitude is no joke. It almost bit me twice in a slow single engine low wing aircraft that is based at sea level. Looks like you had fun.

  • @joankline343
    @joankline343 Місяць тому +1

    Cool! 😎 That looks like a really fun camping 🏕 trip. Love the views! ❤ Thanks for sharing!

  • @alexrands2580
    @alexrands2580 Місяць тому +1

    Always love your videos!
    Nice job making best choices

  • @JasonMyers-c6z
    @JasonMyers-c6z Місяць тому

    Time to get rid of that weedeater engine and get a more powerful one. Very nice scenery!

  • @DAS-Videos
    @DAS-Videos Місяць тому +1

    A lot of hard sledding but it looked like fun.

  • @gmariet1391
    @gmariet1391 Місяць тому +1

    Love your videos !

  • @taylorgardarian
    @taylorgardarian Місяць тому +1

    Your channel subscription base is the size of a small city!
    Every post is great. Nice intro on this one.
    Also, cool quicklinks.

  • @turkeyphant
    @turkeyphant Місяць тому +1

    Love this. Wanna do more paramotor camping next year!

  • @2cqql1
    @2cqql1 Місяць тому +1

    Awesome, as always!!! Coming from Nashville area.

  • @TwitchFlys
    @TwitchFlys Місяць тому

    Than you for showing your struggles! As a newer pilot sometimes it feels like only I’m the only one having launch struggles.

  • @billbristow1768
    @billbristow1768 Місяць тому +2

    Enjoyed the video!

  • @michaelcheser
    @michaelcheser Місяць тому +1

    With as many times as I have hiked that mountain and that trail I can say I have never had someone fly in on me haha. Can only imagine hiking up and having a guy with a fan strapped to his back land next to me, this looks like a freakin blast and terrifying all in one.

  • @barryhoneycutt3894
    @barryhoneycutt3894 Місяць тому +3

    Really Like your videos Mark... from SE Texas Bear ❤💯🙏

  • @CalebJohnsonlivingca
    @CalebJohnsonlivingca Місяць тому +1

    Fantastic adventure!

  • @Peg-rm4jx
    @Peg-rm4jx Місяць тому +2

    Really cool!

  • @tyleroneill2636
    @tyleroneill2636 Місяць тому +2

    First! Thank you for the video man!

  • @advtom
    @advtom Місяць тому

    Great video Mark. Looking forward to trying this next year. Keep it up

  • @HeidiSue064
    @HeidiSue064 19 днів тому

    Merry Christmas Mark my friend. I hope you guys are warm and really really happy this Christmas Eve😎

  • @brushitoff503
    @brushitoff503 Місяць тому +1

    That was enjoyable. Cheers.

  • @samik83
    @samik83 Місяць тому

    You're just asking for a challenge with that Atom 80 and I love it :D And Scotts amazing take off with inches to spare..
    Keep up these paramotor shenanigans.

  • @MegaTriumph1
    @MegaTriumph1 Місяць тому +2

    Scott just wanted to take it easy have fun day, oh no turned out to be a day of survival.

  • @Sharon-Me
    @Sharon-Me Місяць тому +2

    It was entertaining!!!

  • @stevier3239
    @stevier3239 Місяць тому

    Great video, I totally want to try this out.

  • @VolodymyrDanylko-e4v
    @VolodymyrDanylko-e4v Місяць тому +1

    You are the best! You need to know that!

  • @2B34ever
    @2B34ever Місяць тому +1

    What amazing adventures you plan for yourself. There's a big difference between an 80cc and a 180cc that could get you out of that spot, is there much of a weight difference between the two motors, just curious, as new experiences can produce wisdom, but hindsight allows for short cuts. Enjoyable video as always, and I hope your neighbors are faring well with winter arriving soon.

  • @beeraddlee1
    @beeraddlee1 Місяць тому

    I’m a former cargo pilot and still have my Ifr and private pilot papers. Call me a chicken or whatever but when you went up to 180 on a parachute was freaking crazy. Good on you.

  • @michaelgarrison7604
    @michaelgarrison7604 Місяць тому

    Love it, having hiked much of that area up there I wish I could think of other prospective areas that would be good to fly in and out of. Maybe Cades cove if they mow the fields/ pastures. There's also a Big Field beside the end of the Blue ridge parkway near Cherokee. Could use the village reenactment there for content

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому

      Nice. I've got another perfect spot but I don't say locations in case a video goes viral. A viral video of Max Patch from some youtuber made it a really popular camping spot to the point that it got trashed

  • @guycore5478
    @guycore5478 Місяць тому

    22:26 I have that exact same SOC Bugout Bag Coyote Brown backpack. Bulletproof.

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +1

      Had it since 2013. Some kid in basic training was about to throw it away and I said, I'll take it

  • @FreshTillDeath56
    @FreshTillDeath56 Місяць тому

    Stay safe, Mark. Blue skies!

  • @ohheyitskevinc
    @ohheyitskevinc Місяць тому +2

    Great stuff Mark! Found you via the post storm footage and you got a sub from that, but I’m in NC too and it’s awesome seeing the flights you’ve been doing up here - have a load still to watch. Do you have to get the backcountry camping thing for pisgah or BRP or NPS or do you just “wing it” (so to speak 😂)

  • @RhettN93
    @RhettN93 Місяць тому +1

    Quite interesting watching you land in a spot I've stood and taken photos. Your perspective was better lol

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому

      It's an interesting perspective, but it's nice to be on the ground backpacking, too

  • @jimbennett2795
    @jimbennett2795 Місяць тому

    Mark I've been watching you for years now. I flew Eipper Ultalights back in the early 80's. I had to make myself quite because I was doing hammerheads and other crazy things with it. I just see complacency man. Why are you flying over those trees like that? No landing. It's your life man. You and Tucker are pushing it in my opinion. That's all. Love your channel.

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +1

      Sadly, paragliding, I've been in quite a few trees, and it has never been bad 😆. I'm more concerned about flying over water.

  • @Larry-325
    @Larry-325 Місяць тому

    Nice job Mark! Little hairy but you guys did it! 👍👍👍👍

  • @lee-johnson
    @lee-johnson Місяць тому +2

    Did you land back at Hendersonville AP?
    Thanks for the video

  • @Wheeliedevil
    @Wheeliedevil День тому

    Those failed launches are nightmares with all that gear

  • @davidis7
    @davidis7 Місяць тому

    Great video!

  • @bobflyman
    @bobflyman Місяць тому

    Nice adventure. Did I hear right, 20m wing 😮. I fly a Top80 but with a 26m wing and I'm 72kg 😊

    • @alexrands2580
      @alexrands2580 Місяць тому

      20m highest efficiency Vxc

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому

      Yes. The higher aspect wings can typically be lower square meters and handle more weight

  • @RichardHartshorneParamotor
    @RichardHartshorneParamotor 11 днів тому

    Nice Interesting vid dude, good effort !

  • @robw4ltz408
    @robw4ltz408 Місяць тому

    Impressed by You TABBING it with your gear, makes for interesting content.

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому

      Tabbing?

    • @robw4ltz408
      @robw4ltz408 Місяць тому +1

      @ Tabbing, or Tactical Advance to Battle, is a physically demanding discipline often practised by military personnel. It involves moving quickly over difficult terrain, with a heavy rucksack and other essential equipment

  • @RyanGazling
    @RyanGazling Місяць тому +2

    YES ❤️‍🔥

  • @stevepfeiffer4306
    @stevepfeiffer4306 13 днів тому

    @markhoneycutt - Cool and fun! Are you giving lessons at 0A7 anymore? I would be interested in March or April.

  • @heartsky
    @heartsky Місяць тому

    That was really nice of those sherpas.

  • @ForzaMonkey
    @ForzaMonkey Місяць тому

    Would I be correct to assume you're flying over Panthertown Valley, North Carolina at 4:50? If it is, I love that spot.

  • @overwatch2671
    @overwatch2671 Місяць тому +1

    Beautiful views. Perfect way to waste time

  • @truthseeker2222
    @truthseeker2222 Місяць тому

    Pisgah, my backyard. Good stuff!

  • @rickwhittaker287
    @rickwhittaker287 Місяць тому

    Good morning y’all. Catching up on UA-cam.

  • @thebreadedcrab4252
    @thebreadedcrab4252 Місяць тому

    I'm not sure if you've covered this in your other videos I stumbled across your channel during the hurricane relief. But what does a setup like you ran in this video run ballpark. Looking to get into this in the coming spring and just getting a rough idea camping from a wing sounds amazing😅

  • @vonanglin7468
    @vonanglin7468 Місяць тому +1

    You picked up a few more subscribers I bet!

  • @moose7472
    @moose7472 Місяць тому +1

    Was this trip before hurricane?

  • @univisiontech1
    @univisiontech1 Місяць тому +2

    Oh... the haze is pollution?! I thought it was from wildfire 😢

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +1

      yea wildfire. Funny, because the last time I did this in 2016, there were IFR conditions due to smoke

    • @univisiontech1
      @univisiontech1 Місяць тому

      ​@@MarkHuneycuttoh okay, that's for some reason better in my mind. I didn't get the same health affects from the wildfires we've been having lately in comparison to the pollution in Southeast Asia while visiting.
      Thank you for sharing your camping trip with us, it's fun to watch during these colder months

  • @milesb4231
    @milesb4231 Місяць тому

    Cool video - you had the wind, would a larger wing work better? I know, harder to launch but you had a 20m probably weighted at the top of it's range.

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому

      It would have helped, yes. I'm well within the weight range on the 20m, though. Just a weak motor

  • @Hopelesswanderer81
    @Hopelesswanderer81 Місяць тому

    Sick footage Mark. I’ll have to stick to #fpv that 💩 scares me!!!

  • @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun
    @Theshaneshowcruiseforfun Місяць тому

    I'd like to do that sometime hows NC doing I know there still picking up there lives hope it's better than earlier

  • @EAAEAA-vx5mg
    @EAAEAA-vx5mg 21 день тому

    Are black bears a problem when tent camping in that area?

  • @Mntguy-nr9vl
    @Mntguy-nr9vl Місяць тому +1

    Are you done doing your updates on the damage.
    Is everything fixed?

  • @trlotz
    @trlotz Місяць тому

    How long and far can you fly, and how much fuel do you carry. Great video!!

  • @kwaki-serpi-niku
    @kwaki-serpi-niku Місяць тому +1

    Looks like Roan.....cant tell for sure.

  • @thencarolinaman1934
    @thencarolinaman1934 Місяць тому

    Mark I really like your channel! Question for you, why do you think there's more haze nowadays in the mountains?

  • @jwishon22
    @jwishon22 Місяць тому

    how long can you fly with one of these before fuel becomes a concern? Really cool perspective!

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +1

      about 4 hours on the particular one I'm on

    • @jwishon22
      @jwishon22 Місяць тому

      @ ah nice! looks really fun, atleast when you have room to take off 🤣

  • @ericfielding2540
    @ericfielding2540 Місяць тому

    Looks like a fun trip with a little extra hiking. Was this filmed before the Hurricane Helene hit? I didn’t see any tree damage or landslides.

  • @mortonwetherington4885
    @mortonwetherington4885 Місяць тому

    Linville Gorge near Nebo?

  • @Michael-xz8tp
    @Michael-xz8tp Місяць тому

    That HURT to watch you drag that beautiful wing through that

  • @redwemette5942
    @redwemette5942 Місяць тому

    Do you ever land in sticker burrs?

  • @Mars_Life_and_Beings
    @Mars_Life_and_Beings Місяць тому

    What no inflight beverage service??

  • @suzannehicks5856
    @suzannehicks5856 Місяць тому

    Did you video this back in the summer before Helene?

  • @adamr149
    @adamr149 Місяць тому

    Where in the country is this?

  • @stomper2582
    @stomper2582 Місяць тому +2

    I thought my wife and I saw you and someone else flying over Little River the other day. We live at the top of a mountain overlooking the valley. Wish you would tell us where you are when you are flying. The big rock top mountain looked like Caesars head. Thanks for sharing the excitement. Enjoy our beautiful mountains. 🇺🇸👍

    • @robinbelles2365
      @robinbelles2365 Місяць тому +1

      Are you the one that showed were it flooded! After the hurricane?

    • @Chiamex
      @Chiamex Місяць тому +1

      Yes, he is.​@@robinbelles2365

    • @robbieeades1956
      @robbieeades1956 Місяць тому

      @robinbelles2365 yes that's him.

  • @jbgood7694
    @jbgood7694 Місяць тому

    Is it possible to fly hands free in order to hold a camera for aerial photography or a rifle for hog hunting?

  • @lobbyrobby
    @lobbyrobby Місяць тому

    What state is this?

  • @johnpinnix3408
    @johnpinnix3408 Місяць тому

    Scott's a Maniac... 😳

  • @ValerieBoyco
    @ValerieBoyco 25 днів тому

    I am confused ... You went paracamping next to a parking lot. What's the point? I would want to go where cars can not.

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  24 дні тому

      you should!

    • @ValerieBoyco
      @ValerieBoyco 9 днів тому

      @@MarkHuneycutt Actually that has been the whole plan all along.

  • @yaad2226
    @yaad2226 Місяць тому

    why cant u fit parasute just incase something happen i mean now u can have parasute that deploy if incase u are falling or soemthing tupang

    • @evanorthcliff2782
      @evanorthcliff2782 Місяць тому

      I thought that was a parachute!

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +3

      I also have a reserve parachute

    • @yaad2226
      @yaad2226 Місяць тому

      @@MarkHuneycutt cool how long can ya fly and how long on one tank? and how long does it take to learn flying paramotor?

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому

      @@yaad2226 about 4 hours on that particular tank in the video or almost 8 hours with a 5 gallon tank and an Atom 80 motor. Takes about a week or two to learn.

    • @yaad2226
      @yaad2226 Місяць тому

      @@MarkHuneycutt thanks a lot lot and how much u bought this paramotor for ?

  • @BlueEyedColonizer
    @BlueEyedColonizer Місяць тому +5

    I have always wanted to do this, but being 220 pounds and yall worrying about an extra 30 pounds has me second guessing😳😳😳

    • @e-zrocksgodbox4221
      @e-zrocksgodbox4221 Місяць тому +1

      Im sure you can do it with the larger engine 🎉 go for it!!

    • @MarkHuneycutt
      @MarkHuneycutt  Місяць тому +10

      You would just want a stronger motor and a bigger wing. 220 is nothing for paramotoring.

    • @univisiontech1
      @univisiontech1 Місяць тому

      Just need more motor and more gas. I'm pretty heavy myself

  • @FlyingCircusAct
    @FlyingCircusAct Місяць тому

    C 3-82