Colombia Paragliding - My Free Flight Adventure!
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2019
- This was one of the biggest adventures I've ever taken. With high points and then a devastating low point (when a member of our group suffered a serious accident), I decided to document the journey in this video. Free Flying over Piedechinche, Santa Elena, & Roldanillo Colombia with 13 other members of the Region 6 USHPA group.
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What an AWESOME video!!! I can't like this enough. I was wondering where you had been.. Saw you on the local news a few times and figured you were just busy. You continue to inspire me to strive for the goal of getting into the air. Soon my brother... soon!
Donut Commando Lots of training days coming up. Anytime you wanna ride down to Fort Smith area.
There he is! I've been waiting for this. Thanks for sharing Jeff. All in all, a big time.
Great vid, thanks for sharing your insights and adventures! I’m on my way to Pie de Chinche in a week for the first time 😊
Beyond EPIC.. Thank you for taking me on your journey... well done!!
Really enjoyable travelog/paralog. Epic flight back to the hotel, and glad your friend is ok. A recommendation - always land with lots of airspeed, so that you can do a powerful flare. See 6:47, where you are using far too much brake for far too long; if the windspeed had changed abruptly, you can quickly induce a stall. Compare this with the pilot at 33:36, who demonstrates a good technique.
Ironically, the pilot you mentioned at 33:36 is the same guy on the radio that you hear telling me to keep holding those deep brakes at 6:47. What happened was I had a good approach but there were strong thermals that were going off. It suddenly bumped me up and I was in real danger of over shooting that runway which was a tight space with power lines and the hotel. So, he instructed me to hold those brakes. I started to let up, but he told me to go back into the brakes. I probably could have done a little pumping to have landed better. But in the end, I was listening to my instructor and doing exactly what he told me to do being that it was my first landing in that area. The 360 camera skews the view a bit. I still had farther to go before a stall was a concern. That Buzz Z6 requires some wraps to stall it.
@@jeffobrien1836 It's a common misconception of newer pilots that it takes a lot to stall A-wings. Certainly, they have longer brake travel but, in the right circumstances (ie, the wrong circumstances), they will stall just like any other wings. Strong thermic conditions are precisely when you need to be especially careful of this, as the airspeed can change very quickly.
Indeed, if your instructor was on the radio, watching your trailing edge so he could tell you when to go hands-up if it started stalling, then that's fine. I trust he debriefed you afterwards to let you know the risks of doing this on your own.
I suspected that you were approaching hazards, which is what caused you to do it, and was going to mention the pumping/flapping method, but I didn't want to complicate matters. This method is certainly effective, and useful for getting out of tricky situations like this, but it's quite an advanced skill, and risky for newer pilots who don't have adequate appreciation of the stall point. The first step to mastering it, though, is lots of stall-point practice, close to the ground on a forgiving slope. See flybubble's excellent tutorial:
ruclips.net/video/2lKCKAXre04/видео.html
Anyway, I didn't intend to detract from all the positives in this video. You really were flying very well.
Video very well done, can feel your passion for paragliding, the excitement and fears...
Perfectly done!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Great video, thoroughly enjoyed sharing you trip. Thank you
Super video, well done
Very nice video. Shows a good balance of the various aspects of your trip.
Great Video and a Nice Journey!
A very nice video. great narration. nice to see Colombia.
What an awesome trip! Really enjoyed the video..........and thanks for sharing!
What happened to you?
Went with Eagle Paragliding out of California 2019. Glad to finally find out what happened on the accident. They tried to shut down the country the day after we left for paragliding. John-Dallas, TX
I can’t wait to go to Columbia!! I’ve heard that the humid air makes the thermals much easier than I’m used to, but I’m used to the western Sierra’s which are pretty rowdy. Great video.
avesome! thanks for sharing!
Great, Nice video.
I am happy your friend is fine... Colombia Tropical weather is tough for flying....
8 years ago, 2011, we have been alone at Rolda, 2013 some more pilots but still quiet, 2016 , unbelievable crowds of glider freaks :-) Anyway, cauca valley is a flying pardise, and yeahhh, Jeff, nice flight down to south :-)
Nice video and narration
very good video ;)
Nice trip.
Wooo hooo, I made the video! Superman pose at 1:35. 🤣🤣🤣
Jim Fuhrman HAHa. Yes! I never noticed that until now.
Very nice. Love the narration.
I've been skydiving, including professionally, since 1991. Decided to Paraglide this year. Going to Colombia next January.
Very happy to know your friend is OK.
So others, including myself, can learn, what happened? How could it have been prevented, or minimize the chance of it happening to me, or someone else.
Thanks! I just got back from my third trip! So, with regards to what initiated the incident, I don’t fully recall the details. I know his lines got twisted and he found himself in a spiral descent. The bigger issue was that during the trip he had left his water “camel pack” inside his harness during a transport. The water bladder busted and leaked into his gear, also causing his reserve parachute to get wet. On one afternoon, he decided to pull the gear out, dry his reserve and repack. He was hot, a bit tired and distracted by many people walking by and talking with him. Consequently, he forgot to fully attach his reserve! So during this incident, when he threw the reserve, it simply left the pod and fell to earth. That was the very moment he realized he had not attached it. He spent several days in ICU and many many months recovering. He is very fortunate to have survived.
amazing video! did you edit it Jeff?
Yes, I did. Thank you!
Would really appreciate to learn what was learned from your friends incident
German Tobon #1- Always. Always double check your reserve and make sure it is actually connected and fastened properly to your harness. #2- Don’t make adjustments to reserve when you are hot, tired and rushed. #3- Know your God and stay prayed up!
@@jeffobrien1836 All except #3.
Praying will not save someone's ass from making a mistake.
Thanks for sharing the first two.