America's Longest Paragliding Flight in 2022
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Paragliding video about my longest cross country paragliding flight of my life! Also the longest flight in America this season, and the new Oregon State Distance Record.
On July 27, at 11:54am, I launched off Pine Mountain with hopes and dreams of a record flight. I'll post some of my writeup below! Go to my website and sign up for the newsletter if you'd like to read more.
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"Outta bed and straight to the forecast. It looks big, huge really. A forecast like this on any other day would spook anybody looking to disappear into a frenzied dash to launch. The wrench that the universe threw my way that particular morning was the forecast for the following day; a bit higher, a bit lower chance of OD. Fuck. Should I pull the trigger today or postpone? I already had a retrieve set up, my bag was packed, and my friend Ben was there to drive me to launch. I have him look at the forecast too. He says “Hard to tell. You could always just go fly your paraglider and see what happens.”
Fair enough. I’d like to think that on most XC days I am not as neurotic about the forecast, its just that one week prior I had, on a particularly low expectations high-fun day, landed 5km short of the Oregon state distance record. It was a beautiful day; completely blue and I was completely alone. I wasn’t trying to break any records, but when I nearly did it stirred that part of me that both wants to win and to see how far I can push it. Hence my neurotic morning of hmm’ing and hahhh’ing at the forecast. Ben’s reminder to just go fly was all I needed - I pulled the trigger in my head.
I found a decent climb right off launch, which is a blessing that you don’t always get here at Pine Mountain. My friend Ryan, who launched on an EN-C, struggled to keep up with me in the climb, but managed to be nearby when I drifted out of it at 9k’ and started down courseline. The second climb here should be on Pine Mountain, its a huge feature that sticks outta the desert. Nothing really finds me on the rest of the mountain and I lead us out into the flats lower than I’d like. It’s barely noon and things can be slow this time of day, so I’m flying in first gear, turning in anything that’ll beep through a solid 360. As we head south, Ryan considerably below me, we run into a headwind. I cuss resentfully, telling myself that if the wind won’t blow me down courseline all day, I’m not breaking any records. I push into the headwind on some bar and find more than a meter per second up. Consistently climbing into this headwind until it really consolidated into a climb to. This was the last I had Ryan with me. I wished him luck and pushed on. The terrain in front of me is littered with small volcanic buttes. There is a sea of trees to the west, and I’m on the edge of it. There are a few large clouds developing ahead, and I push fast until I run into the 4 that takes me towards them. They’re short lived though, one more glide and I’m back into a blue hole, and getting lower. 30km down courseline there is hard shade - the massive dry lakebed that is Summer Lake overdeveloped by 10am and is now blanketed by a thick cloud. Once again I cuss at what I expect a record setting sky should look like. I tell myself that I’m still not there, focusing on whats right in front of me and allowing space in my head for things to change by the time I’m there.
I’m getting low as I enter Christmas Valley. Off courseline to the west, a five acre field is swirling with a massive hurricane of a dust devil. The field next to it is sporting a thousand foot tall, pencil-thin column of dirt. It’s 5km from me. I consider racing to it, which makes my heart quicken..."
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It's not super-niche! We ALL love ya' man! And many of us are trying to get into the right frame of mind, with a good support team, from the right take-off locations to achieve an XC that's even a fraction of yours! Many, many congratulations, and thanks for uploading such a great, in-depth review of your track.
Right on Ari! That flight will be in the books for a long time!
Hi Ari!! i waited to have a moment that I didn't get disturbed to see your epic adventure on a big screen...wow dude, congrats with your epic flight!!! This is the wet dream of every paraglider pilot!!, the view you had, just incredible. Great to see how much joy you have while flying, I had a big smile too! thank you so much for sharing your adventure. I also love cross country flying in the Netherlands, it's every time a great adventure. my record is 56kilometers, I want to beat it next year😁💪💪 I wish you many great flights!, greetings from the Netherlands!!
The Riddler strikes again!!!! Way to go, green man. Stoked for you. A hard earned flight. Thanks for sharing it!
Hahahaa!!! Thanks Josh!
AMAZING!! I love stuff like this, it just gets me SO stoked! I flew for three hours and I thought THAT was long. 😂
Congrats man, It's crazy awesome to fly that far under a piece of cloth🤘
Im a new paraglider with 4 flights and I really wish you uplaoded more your videos are really helping me have the right mindset❤
Nice video on a epic flight. Congratulations Shaggy. 💪🏼😆
Thank you 🙌
Congrats bro, what a flight! It's been amazing watching your progress through the years, looking forward what you have ahead.👏🤟♥
Thanks a ton! You're one of my all time mentors and inspiriations!
Inspiring!!!
Congrats Ari! What an amazing flight!! Huge alt's too wow!
Incredible sir ❤
This type of video is great! ...an experience pilot walking us through their flight, decision making and how to adapt when the conditions are changing throughout the flight.
I am sure it is a valuable recap for you as well.
We hope for more!
Sick bro! Hope to catch you out at pine one of these weeks with the DAR crew. Best!
Dude! Congrats on the flight and thanks for sharing the story! Epic stuff and inspiration to go big
Congratulations!!! What a flight. Amazing.
😊😊😊😊 Very Happy to know this Ari .. 😊 Congratulations..! Inspiring and thanks alot for sharing Great Positive Vibes!👌👍
Watched this 3 times vibin. So stoked for you. Can't wait for Mexico content to upload
Very nice thanks for sharing I really enjoyed it .
congrats 👏👏👏👏👏❤🔥
Ari, thanks for sharing!! very inspirational !!!
Wooo i love thisss pleased keep it up im living through u
It was cool to meet you today at El Peñon! I hope the comp has been good!
CONGRATULATIONS! 👍👏
Congratulations! Epic flight!
congrats!!! you crushed your personal best again!!!! what an achievement
Kudos to you sir. I don't know how paragliding stayed off of my adventurers radar, but I am an instant and spontaneous fan. Whatever your goals are, I hope you achieve them. In addition, although I am the sort who learns on my own, I will be studying your videos and will definitely be in touch. This is the height of where Ingenuity meets Natural Forces. Perhaps they are the same? Regardless, if the fates allow, this is something I will definitely be getting into! Thank you for exposing me to the fact that this exists!!! I'm not going to call it a sport. This is what it means to be alive and you are doing it and I salute you! Badass shit my brother! Have explored the dirt map thoroughly... Wound up collecting crystals above Timberline... I think now would be a good time to go into the sky!
Trevor Steele dude??
Congrats on the record bro!
Ari in the crazy Air, thanks for share.
Damn dude!! That is incredible! Nicely done. I hope to see you again next year at pine. I would love to fly with you again. You are one hell of an inspiration my dude 😎
That’s awesome!! Ben got a flight in spring from Mt Diablo to earlimart, it was over 320km, I believe was about 215 miles so how ever many Km’s that is. Fucking incredible!! Someday hopefully I’ll be able to fly half that distance.
Congratulations 🎉 Amazing flight.
Amazing dude...simply amazing...
Well done !
Congrats!
Congrats! Maybe one day I will come over to your place to meet you 😉
Keep it up 😁👍
Well Done Dude !!!!!
So cool congratulations brother
You are the man born to XC!!!
Hahahah! Maybe! 😂
So epic Ari!
Congrats🎉.
Congratulations for your amazing flight Ari, but you need a Geography class: the longest flights in America have been made in Brazil.
The United states of america is what he’s referring to…🙄
@@JohnTosti What he is misleading too. Click bait title
He just needed to say North America.
Guys! The longest flight in the world is in the USA! 615km, footlaunched in texas! So no, its not in Brazil. And the “America” thing is hilarious! Cause yes, n and s America are referred to as America, everywhere except the US lol😅
But we are talking about 2022 right? Where are the longest flights made in 2022 Ari?
Makes me happy to see your response at 300km.
Yewwwww!!! 🎉
@@AriintheAir do you think you were a little hypoxic? You sound slightly white girl wasted.
sweet man! way to crush it!!
Congratulations from Spain. What program do you use for to see the thack?
Watching this I have a few questions. You are flying at high altitudes so how about all those airspace classes that you are passing through? NOTAMs? Other general or commercial aviation? Also what about the oxygen?
The most rewarding thing is to get a low safe at 8 pm to the top of the airspace and just add another 25 km glide to the track.
I can't wait to center the first thermals in my second summer paragliding. Unfortunately Mexico is too far away - but you never know 😉.
Congrats on the long flight. The title of ypur video however is somewhat misleading, "America" includes many countries apart from the USA 😉
yessss siiiirrrr ! 🔥
Nice buddy. I’m still working on getting the balls to send it deep over the back! 🤙🏼🦅🏴☠️
Amazing flight. Why didn't you take O2?
There’s no one up there to notice that im hypoxic! Hahaha
VUELACOOOOOO🤙
Congrats! You said you were on 395 south. What state did you land in.. Nevada?
I landed 65 miles south of Alturas California on 395!
That was sooo cool Congratulations on the enormous achievement. I’d love to be able to do that. No I’ll effects from the altitude? No lightheaded feelings? I’m a helicopter pilot who spends all his flying time down around sea-level. Only flown as high as 8000’ a handful of times in a 40 year career and never even close to that paragliding so I’m really curious Thanks for sharing
Nice one!
America or North America or USA ?
USA!
@@AriintheAir big congrats nevertheless 💪
Damn it, I clicked on another "Premiere"
Nice fly congratulations 👍👌you rock 💪.
How about the bathroom? Are you guys "hooked up" to catheters or something like that?
What about airplanes?
Really nice flight. Something is wrong in the title of the video, America have 35 countries and your flight is not the longest of 2022 😂😉
Congrats !