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Benedict Arnold

Hang Gliding, Parasailing, or Kite Surfing. Have you tried any? Would you like to?

Posted - January 23, 2017
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  • 3191
    I have never tried any, but would be game for any, hang gliding especially.  
      January 23, 2017 5:57 PM MST
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  • It's definitely dangerous but not as bad as its reputation. I tried to learn when I was 60. Scared the daylights out of my instructor. Been parasailing (behind a boat) but never tried kite surfing. That'd be tops! 
      January 23, 2017 6:37 PM MST
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  • 3191
    Thanks for the insight, Didge.  Danger doesn't really bother me...
      January 23, 2017 7:06 PM MST
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  • 211
    Nope.  But I've skydived and bungee jumped.  It was great fun!
      January 23, 2017 5:58 PM MST
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  • 3191
    I have always wanted to skydive.
      January 23, 2017 6:00 PM MST
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  • 211
    I loved it.  What a thrill ! I did injure my foot, so...
      January 23, 2017 6:02 PM MST
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  • Mrs Didge always wanted to sky dive till she tried hang gliding. She thought the jump would be too brief after that. Bunge jumping is a bit too exciting for my taste. Can cause a lot of eye damage. Thanks, Happy. 
      January 23, 2017 6:39 PM MST
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  • 17596
    I haven't.  I like activities where my feet are on the ground.  A friend was killed parasailing..............he was an instructor.  His young children were watching from the shore. 
      January 23, 2017 5:58 PM MST
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  • 211
    Oh.  How tragic.   
      January 23, 2017 5:59 PM MST
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  • 17596
    Was it ever!
      January 23, 2017 5:59 PM MST
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  • So sorry, Thrifty. One of my sons had a bad accident paragliding (out near Mudgee). He ran afoul of an angry eagles and while he was trying to get away managed to crash land. The trouble with pragliders is that you land coccyx first and he damaged is spine. A couple of years later he's fine, and back to flying again. 
      January 23, 2017 6:41 PM MST
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  • 283
    I have not. I have been zip lining.
      January 23, 2017 6:04 PM MST
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  • 5808
    wow
    it seemed slow?
    nice country
    Gorgeous

      January 23, 2017 6:12 PM MST
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  • 283
    It is 5,495 ft. long and it took 1minute 15 seconds to come down, so that is about 50 mph. You don't see her in the video but my mom who was 74 at the time was to my right. This post was edited by Gatorblu at January 24, 2017 10:03 PM MST
      January 23, 2017 6:51 PM MST
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  • 5808
    yep that is pretty fast at  that
    we just don't notice it much.
    yeah it's like those big wind power turbines
    they look like they are moving so slow
    ...But they are going 80 mph.

      January 23, 2017 7:31 PM MST
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  • That'd be fun. Did something like it (with a commando unit when I was younger). It was kind of quick, though.

    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at January 23, 2017 7:42 PM MST
      January 23, 2017 6:42 PM MST
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  • 5808
    A few years ago
    my mechanic was a HangGlider
    I was very close to buying one
    cause i had been watching him
    really cool...
    Unfortunately He fatally crashed
    ...after that I just didn't want to fly anymore
    Back then the rigs were so big...better stuff now
    ...but now, maybe
      January 23, 2017 6:20 PM MST
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  • Sorry to hear that, Baba. They're still getting their share of fatalities but techniques and kites have improved and it's not quite as dangerous as it was. 
      January 23, 2017 6:43 PM MST
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  • 8214
    No thanks.
      January 23, 2017 6:29 PM MST
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  • I've parasailed a few times at different locations. It never gets old, sooooo much fun.
      January 23, 2017 7:25 PM MST
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  • Yes it is. One of my kids tried it when he was small. He was so light that we had trouble getting him down. :)
      January 23, 2017 7:41 PM MST
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  • I see how that would be a problem. I hope he's still not up there. LOL
      January 23, 2017 9:17 PM MST
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  • Nah. He's in his 40s now and his kids are about the same age he was then. He flies hang gliders these days. 
    Here's a photograph he took of his own shadow on a cloud as he flew over. The white flecks you can see are the waves breaking on the beach and rocks, far below. 

      January 23, 2017 9:26 PM MST
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  • Wow, what a great picture. That's a one in a million shot.
      January 24, 2017 5:29 AM MST
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