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Hey Mark, do you have an email address we can use to contact you regarding this video? I'd love to discuss a license to use this if possible! Cheers, Felix

Sorry for saying that, but that was the stupidest thing I've seen all my life I mean what were you thinking honestly?

Gliders have given up using industrial thermals by and large due to some people becoming unconcious or impaired.

maybe read a book before you go experiment with your life (like this). You know others have already done this sort of testing.

IM EVERYWHERE!!!

Stupid is as stupid does.

I'm not a paraglider (skydiver and pilot) but I'm not sure I like the idea of a paraglider wing in heavily turbulent air. I enjoyed the video of you doing it though.

I did this a couple of weeks ago in an open ultralight. You smell smoke, feel turbulence, and get lots of free velocity. It felt more like airspeed than lift, which means I didn't take full advantage of it.

Did you hand your beer to someone before doing this?

Firstly, how did you get up there?! Secondly, what's all that beeping?! And thirdly, how do I get to do this???! 🙏😝

My god that beeping is annoying.

Yea, There was a few possibilities of what could of happened. Turbulence, Harness damaged, wing catching fire, Smoke inhalation (really bad if your asthmatic). None of it good. Just a stupid Idea.

That's a weird smoke detector you have with you.

Lol don't do this in Colombia...

An ember can start a fire over a mile from where it’s lifted…I was extremely nervous that one was going to ignite your chute. Glad you’re okay.

Hey, I think I was there that day :) I was a bit behind you in the flats and not finding much of anything so I kept an eye on you and 1 other glider out that way - that smoke was tempting, glad I didn't follow you

Yikes all i can think about is hot embers getting stuck in the wing and burning up. Ur braver than me man haha

30 years ago flying hang gliders off a mountain launch we treasured lift like this. That vario brought it all back. Thanks.

It turned out the authorities were burning off illegal Marijuana farms and the rest is His Story ?

how dificult can be cleaning a wing after fly? this guy: hold my beer

Making the best of a bad situation i see.

Seems like if I'm going gliding in flat areas- just make a giant fire! Who needs those pesky hills/mountains to climb when you have fire!

Ha nem félted az ernyődet, a felszálló pernye könnyen kárt tehet benne.

Looks like the ash in the smoke is seeding the could for rain? Interesting.

This look pretty sketchy but if you take me on a fun trip, I won’t tell your wife!

And he's still up there....

That was awesome man. Fuck the ash! Only thing I'd be worried about is embers!

That looks pretty awful, ngl. I dont even like some of the normal thermals without the ash and rough inconsistent edges. 😂

it's not like you're the first one to attempt it, there is definitely enough evidences of this being a bad idea to not do it, especially since it's really unnecessary in this region

crazy

an instructor told me..never ever fly over fire..the glider will colapse.

Fantastic video, bro! I want to use it in a video for my channel; is it okay? We'll give you credit in the video.and my description includes a connection to your original video. Regards

Paragliding looks pretty fun, but being a fixed-wing pilot the thought of these being at 3000' like giant fly traps scares the hell out of me.

Darwin award?

Thanks for doing this for science. I've always been curious to ride up to a pyrocu down there. Seeing all that crap in the air, I'm not curious anymore. There's so much lift and easy flying in valle de cauca anyway. No need to go into this. But yeah, It's cool you did it so I don't have to.

I usually dodge fire related thermals because of how rough they are but I've never seen burnt bits at 3k... Not sure if that's better or worse than flying through a cloud of spiders at 3k.

You're an excellent paragliding pilot! Compliments. Amazing video, extremely interesting. 👍💪

Uh oh. It was a cannabis grow being burned-off.

Nice Capture! can i use this as part of my series for a video? you will be credited in the description and video❤👍

와. 정말 멋져요.

Your eyes water.

Best moment: „maybe that wasn‘t such a good idea“

Wooow, so much ash! One day i flew about 50 km using thermals like this, but they were without ash. Maybe small ones, just a little bit. Major reason why i won't to lift in smoke - smell of smoke. My wing still smelling for a long time, even after years... You're lucky to make this experience, it's awesome!

What's the point in flying on C's without pushing the bar?

I had a similar experience in the last day of the SRS Comp. Ash and bits of burnt vegetation are a real problem. The gain in lift was not much over just finding birds and other gliders to get lift.

Why are you not turning and trying to center it?

excellent training for your lungs - no need for cigarettes or joints...

using an external combustion engine for lift is cheating! lol

Interesting stuff! May I feature this a sequence of this video in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!

Tried this a few times. If the fire is still on, it can be quite nasty, hard to keep the wing open. Stay away from those. Another thing is, usually in front of the smoke is the best lift. So, try approaching the thermal from the windward side of the smoke. And finally, don't try this in big mountains. It's hard to get out of it. It often ODs.