this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Paragliding is an unforgiving sport: you're gliding, hoping to find updrafts to give you some more altitude so you can reach high enough to cross to another spot that hopefully also has an updraft, etc.

At a guess, this guy was hoping that he'd find a last-resort updraft in this area. OP, do you live maybe in a small-ish built area surrounded by fields or forest? Those tend to get hotter than their surroundings and are great for updrafts. But generally you don't want to land in residential areas, there full of obstacles which make for unpleasant landing conditions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

lots of these guys end up drowning

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Everywhere I go, I see his face

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

he ain't bothering nobody, just gliding along, and landing, leave him be

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

looks like hitler

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So a guy parachuted into the neighbor's yard they other daaaaay~

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

2 stroke? 4 stroke?

What's your town to highway mileage?

You fill'n 'er up in town, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, Shari Bobbins! I'm an original creation!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's pretty neat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Don't mind them, dude just reinventing pentathlon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Where was this?