young people like dangerous games with lifetime penalties for failure. old people like me realize that the reward is fleeting and it's puny to play for low stakes
Heh. I just turned 65, and this year my ankle finally completely fused from a fracture I got skydiving when I was 27. I've had a hip replacement, can barely move my right elbow, and will be getting a new knee in a year or two -- all from stupid things I did when I was young. Sometimes the cost of these things doesn't show up for a decade. But you are right -- I'd do it all again.
Ok I was wrong. At the beginning you can see the A lines, B lines, annnd C lines? Can see his hands on the break toggles/handles. So it’s a friggin fast paraglider. Anyway that is a paraglider . None of that shit was around last time I flew a paraglider. Ok it’s been a year or two. Threading that needle hole at speed? After a awesome S turn inverted at the apex! Gets me going! Fuck wish I was twenty again!!!!!
Not for me thanks
ReplyDeleteyoung people like dangerous games with lifetime penalties for failure. old people like me realize that the reward is fleeting and it's puny to play for low stakes
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of old men that have never truly lived and might as well have died young.
DeleteHeh. I just turned 65, and this year my ankle finally completely fused from a fracture I got skydiving when I was 27. I've had a hip replacement, can barely move my right elbow, and will be getting a new knee in a year or two -- all from stupid things I did when I was young. Sometimes the cost of these things doesn't show up for a decade. But you are right -- I'd do it all again.
DeleteI didn't know my eyebrows could go so high.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really small wing. I've tried it, but the wing was much bigger. I'd do it again.
ReplyDeleteMakaha Valley on the Island of Oahu?
ReplyDeleteNope, nope, nope, nope, nope... I think you get the picture.
ReplyDeleteNemo
That’s a kite surfing wing!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNot a paraglider wing. That’s why he has all the speed.
That’s frikking cool!!!
Cavguy
Speed gliding. Tiny canopy and short flights, usually close to the ground. No thanks.
ReplyDeleteOk I was wrong.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning you can see the A lines, B lines, annnd C lines? Can see his hands on the break toggles/handles. So it’s a friggin fast paraglider. Anyway that is a paraglider .
None of that shit was around last time I flew a paraglider. Ok it’s been a year or two.
Threading that needle hole at speed? After a awesome S turn inverted at the apex! Gets me going! Fuck wish I was twenty again!!!!!
Cavguy