All's well that ends well - Paragliding 'incident'

[shropshire 0]

WOW!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65ALqiBW_o&feature=player_embedded#!

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[hcsvader 1]

Wow is right!

That landing looked like fun

Glad the bird made it out alright

Have you seen my pants?
it"s a rough life, Livin' the dream
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[akjmpplt 0]

Survive the landing to have you ass kicked by a pissed off raptor.

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[BillyVance 35]

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Survive the landing to have you ass kicked by a pissed off raptor.

Nah, not really, but the guy had a lot of guts getting close enough to work the lines off the bird's wing. Nice job.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[ryoder 1,590]

Now this is why we should require raptors to carry ADS-B.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[shropshire 0]

Bloody swoopers

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Marinus 0]

Eagle vision isn't what it used to be any more.

[BillyVance 35]

Motherfucking reporters always fuck up the facts, as usual.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[shropshire 0]

morons

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[wmw999 2,589]

I finally watched this; a subtitled version. Man, that's a truly awesome amount of cussing in Russian. Even the subtitles, at one point, give up and say "impressive amount of cursing in Russian."
Uncensored English version

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[shropshire 0]

The guy may have a potty mouth - but did a good thing ... Karma Points

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[jtval 0]

Shitty situation.
Glad he shared the experience with his feathered freind instead of killing it.

It's funny that he was yelling it is not to bite the lines.
I was thinking that I would have cut them (if I had a hook knife) just to get it free and distance myself from the beak/claws

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[ryoder 1,590]

A bit of story behind it courtesy of "Outside" magazine: http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/video/Paragliding-Eagle.html

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.