Decisions define your cross country flight on a paraglider

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Question about the decision at 0:50, you say "enough altitude to cross", which is true, but the valley beyond gave me pause: no landing options until the end of the valley, very gradual slope... With the wind coming from the front, I would have worried about venturi, and wouldn't have counted on ridge lift to absolutely keep me up. What was your train of thought there? You simply knew the ridge lift would carry you through, not a doubt in your mind?

[@dymanoid]

Nice question, thank you. My idea was as follows: First, I wanted to check the wind and air ("sinky" or "lifty") at the entrance to the next valley. If there was too much wind or too much sink, I would have turned around and aimed for the emergency landing (shown at 0:16). The air turned out to be fine, so I continued. I immediately went close to the slope to take advantage of the tiny lift generated by the wind pushing through that narrow entry. It worked!

[@christoomey9890]

As a beginner, I enjoy your videos and admire your skills. It takes some guts to fly thru some of that terrain.

[@dymanoid]

Glad you liked it! With more experience, your limits will change, and what seems tough today will become what you really enjoy. But don't rush on your path and stay safe!

[@AMJB100000000]

Blessed to see views like that!

[@sgdran]

Just did my first paragliding XC competition today, and your video just popped up when I landed. I failed the task, but your video pushed my spirits up a little bit. (150km, wow, that's sci-fi for me, but I'll keep working). Thanks

[@dymanoid]

Thanks for watching! We all have bad days and good days. Sometimes, you blame yourself for failures, but take them as lessons and don't forget - we fly to have fun! Stay safe.

[@sgdran]

@@dymanoid 👍 thanks!

[@davewolfe5169]

Thank you very interesting

[@QMAXIMUS]

Thumbs up! 🔥Unreal views, favorite starting at 5:00, beautiful! 👀

[@dymanoid]

Thanks for watching! Yeah, the views are just breathtaking. But no video can really make you feel like being up there...

[@berchtth]

Great Hochfelln flight.

[@dymanoid]

Thanks for watching! I really enjoyed this flight.

[@playlistener1]

this is the shit...!! racing along the ridges... ...i want to get to this cloud there.... i find this a very good film - thanks

[@Knifymoloko]

That's amazing bro. Ty for that. And ty algorithm gods aka ai

[@dymanoid]

Glad you liked it! There are more to come 😀

[@redhawk9883]

😍

[@martinpolach1330]

I like your video…but LEASE …PLEASE , please edit out the damn wind nose during the fast fwd ,……sounds like really annoying static !

[@dymanoid]

Thank you for this hint. I'll check if I can do this without reuploading this video and will surely consider that for the future ones.