I am quite surprised to see how many viewers seem to suggest how skilful the pilot is. I do not know the pilot so I can judge only by the video obviously. And I think, the pilot is NOT very skilled but rather commits a series of errors. Here is why: 1) I see a paraglider flying in a potentially dangerous place very low with no real landing option. Maybe bad luck. But think that comes to my mind is not: “what a skilled navigator”. 2) the title of the video speaks about “lee side”. What I see does not look like lee side, but a wind blowing up to the valley (into the pilots face). Observe the comparatively low ground speed. Also, as some commentator has stated: lee side flying looks much more turbulent. The pilot might be very educated in meteorology, but the video rather suggest an incomplete or wrong assessment of the flying conditions. 3) the piloting is very passive. The pilot even grabs the risers. Certainly not what you would want to do in lee side conditions or when flying so low. In any case, with a bit more active flying, a skilled pilot would exploit the patches of lift here an there (either by thermalling or at least by slowing down the gliding while in an ascending part). 4) The pilot repeatedly looks at the open spot in the woods which makes me believe that he actually intended to attempt a landing there. Unfortunately, it takes way to long to turn around, partly because of what seems to be poor turning technique (deep but not well coordinated break input). In the end, the valley wind keeps the pilot from reaching the green spot and instead he finds himself in an even more dangerous position amidst high trees. Did he correctly anticipate the valley wind? Did he have a strategy how to approach the planned landing spot? Summing up: I see technical errors and probably wrong judgements in this video. Maybe the pilot was simply scared and nervous. Maybe he is actually skilful. But in my opinion this does not at all emerge from the video as many others have suggested. Why do I write all this: Because (as an instructor) I think it is dangerous to blindly congratulate other pilots after escaping a precarious situation mainly thanks to a good portion of luck. What needs to be done is to critically analyze what went wrong, be honest about it and learn from it. The next pilot might not be quite as lucky. Of course, I am also glad the pilot did not get hurt! But that’s a different story.
@skypiratez
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly my observations.... Shouldn't have ended there in the first place which makes point 1 rather obvious. Anyway, another lucky save..
@BruceBusby
5 жыл бұрын
4 seconds I to this video and I knew he was screwed. Bad decision making at sometime before this clip begins got him in this no win scenario. He wasn't Lee side. He was in valley wind. If he didn't understand that, he needs to learn. The sink before landing was a little Lee side rotor from the protruding portion in front of him. He could have stayed in the lift longer while building options. Poor brake application didn't help his downwind overshoot of his inyended LZ. The high winds on landing saved him. He couldn't have landed vertically without them. Bottom line lesson here. Stop trying to manage bad situations because you make shit decisions. Don't get yourself into this position 15 min before you get here. This could have ended much much worse.
@SteveWrightNZ
5 жыл бұрын
Luck. That is all. Lots and lots of luck, and no panic.
@diccoo32
5 жыл бұрын
Nils Krah completely agree. To be in that situation is the most serious error. It should never happen.
@angusmorganb1990
5 жыл бұрын
Nils Krah I think your precision in assessment and positive critical analysis is to be commended... got to say I agree totally and encourage you accurate assessment elsewhere... I think loose calls can contribute to risk and critical analysis begets safety when we are in the sky land interface. Thx for post
@Walkerjet200
2 жыл бұрын
There is a saying: A good pilot saves a difficult situation with superior flying skills. A superior pilot makes decisions so his/her superior skills are never needed. (not always easy in paragliding. I now :-)
@marcarnoult5613
2 жыл бұрын
I was sweating just to look at it ! x) Good job mate !
@MikeJTPG
7 жыл бұрын
Whew you lucky man. I bet you never fly to into a place like that again. Thanks for sharing.
@mbschluessel
5 жыл бұрын
Thank You for loading up the video ! What we can learn: allways keep an eye out for a landing place!
@69mades
4 жыл бұрын
Bravo, muy buena decisión y mejor aterrizaje, mi ENHORABUENA.
@pindordan
10 жыл бұрын
Uaaau tare Super salvare! Ce insamna muschi antrenat ! :))
@tridvaenazdaj
10 жыл бұрын
I don't doubt about your piloting skills but you had a lot of luck there! Congrats ;)
@alesbajda6491
10 жыл бұрын
srečo več k pamet!!.... kje ma motor?!? :)
@alesbajda6491
10 жыл бұрын
Pa glede na to kk je šou počas in nisk nad krošnjam je šou, bi blo skol bl varn in kontroliran se ujet na kako krošnjo, ker če bi tm zapeu s padalom, ko se je spustu, bi se lahk fest razbiu... prvo bi pa počas dou zlezu al pa počaku... :)
@tridvaenazdaj
10 жыл бұрын
Ko je vidu fliko brez dreves je verjetno vso pozornost usmeril v to, da je pa vendarle možnost za "normalen" pristanek na tleh. Mislim da bi sam instinktno enako reagiral pa naj bo zdravo ali ne in bi na krošnje pomislil le, če so okoli samo krošnje :)
@fernieboy100
9 жыл бұрын
Awesome landing for such a tight window of opportunity.
@filipous3nec
10 жыл бұрын
You should continue.. with your luck there will be road or official landing place on next ten meters. :-)
@Saltandhigh
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic mate, you made it
@marianofeller8725
9 жыл бұрын
Complimenti bel aterraggio di fortuna ! Tutto calcolato!
@pilot1503
10 жыл бұрын
Wow......nicely done.
@danielemarques7590
Жыл бұрын
Veramente bravo, complimenti 👏
@user-cd1me8dx3u
Ай бұрын
beautiful landing😀👍
@akbarshoed
7 жыл бұрын
Man, excellent video
@markfisher8943
Ай бұрын
woderful stuff. . Well done
@skymaster4121
3 күн бұрын
Wow. This was not only a Lee side landing, this was a Bruce Lee side landing! 😅
@MihaiEmilSuciu
9 жыл бұрын
"Inca o aterizare buna" :D Da, chiar am avut emotii. Speram sa poti trece de ultimul deal din fata, ma gandeam ca e o deschidere apoi, dar bine ca ai vazut locul acela. Sunt sigur ca este un sentiment extraordinar! Candva... :)
@uni000ver000sal
9 жыл бұрын
I agree . . very skilful landing. I wonder if it would be more skilful if one would not be placed in this predicament in the first place.
@jannadem
7 жыл бұрын
Man, you were lucky here. Good outcome
@Steffl64
10 жыл бұрын
Perfekt!
@jorgehormigos9974
9 жыл бұрын
Good one! for sure you shouldn't be there but nice way of finding the safest spot.
@marekmagyar
10 жыл бұрын
great result!
@maximilianheim3419
5 жыл бұрын
sehr gut gemacht Stefan
@gregsimonson4312
9 жыл бұрын
Lucky you found a clearing to land in. They always told us to keep within gliding distance of a safe LZ.
@Blademaster23
10 жыл бұрын
Красава!!! Хорошо сел)
@safranpollen
9 жыл бұрын
yes, experience and big luck. Imagine you would `ve touched with the lines a tree. I, for myself, would prefer a but controlled treelanding in such a Situation.
@CristianRica
10 жыл бұрын
se vede ca primul zbor l-ai facut pe Pietricica....bravo ,calm si bine calculat!
@TheOttarocker
7 жыл бұрын
IMO a controlled tree landing is a lot safer. It is a good thing you made it, but nevertheless a lot of worse pilots than you see this video and will possibly try the same in a similar situation, whereas with a controlled tree landing you will most likely be unhurt. Many people dont know that a tree landing is a safe option.
@SteveWrightNZ
3 жыл бұрын
Have you landed in a high tree before? I have, it was a whole lot worse than this landing I can tell you.
@daveachuk
2 жыл бұрын
@@SteveWrightNZ for what it's worth, I've landed 35m up in a giant tree, and then also chose to try to shove it into a tiny landing like in this video instead of another tree landing-- and came very close to breaking my back. If I have to make that choice again, I'm personally probably going to go for the tree.
@wahidparalayangpaluparasud6082
3 жыл бұрын
Good joob
@Nordavind1709
4 жыл бұрын
Whoa! 🔝
@AliBabaFlyHigh
2 жыл бұрын
No panic, cool mind, great spotting for landing, amazingly handled & made it look easy and effortless. You're a GOOD PILOT!!!
@martinliefti9004
7 жыл бұрын
total cool gemacht aber das Gefühl muss man mal haben alle achtung.sehr gut!!!!
@sergioprospero
2 жыл бұрын
Well done
@06Luca
10 жыл бұрын
Very,very,very good !!!
@paxan_semenov
6 жыл бұрын
Отличная посадка! Главное не на дерево
@Freeridermne
4 жыл бұрын
Bravo !!!
@gardacom1
10 жыл бұрын
Ach du gluecklich! Gott sei Dank mein Freund, ciao!
@catalinstoicescu
8 жыл бұрын
Super!
@よっちゃんねるCh
4 жыл бұрын
Great
@tonielhelou7512
5 жыл бұрын
What really matter ! You’re safe 👌🏻
@petermiklos
6 жыл бұрын
Good job.
@piotrchrobry1000
9 жыл бұрын
brawo cwaniaku
@waylingtons
Ай бұрын
Great landing but how do you end up so far back on the Lee-side in the first place.
@NagarjunKoujula
Жыл бұрын
Wow..!
@minutzionel
5 жыл бұрын
foarte tare
@SalisburyPlainAviation
9 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of luck in paragliding survival but without skill we don't survive these things often. Very skillful flying. Interesting that there was so little forward motion. Was there a valley headwind, I wonder? My old EN-D wing would come in like an aircraft carrier landing in light winds but you seem to approach and land very slowly. Excellent flying.
@turadeaventura
9 жыл бұрын
The valley is oriented north and that day the wind was initially lighter from nw. I was coming back from e and then the wind picked up. I was high on another ridge more to the e and tried to cross to the windy side of the left ridge. I got huge rotor and had to return to the east on this smaller ridge which was all in the rotor of the left ridge. Down the valley there are a few openings and after you get on the flat. .i was hoping to reach a clearing. I tried to land in the area with less trees possible.
@SalisburyPlainAviation
9 жыл бұрын
Superb flying and decision-making on that day. I guess if you had been trashed by the rotor the trees would have been there for you, with luck.
@putin88100
9 жыл бұрын
you have my full respect man! brought yourself down safely by improvising thoughtfully- not everyone can do that and in some situatins (like yours) you have to do something outside the textbook recommendations :) good job!
@labp
3 жыл бұрын
congrats !!!
@RobertoVuela
2 жыл бұрын
what a landing!!!!
@toplanding52
10 жыл бұрын
good choice and lucky landing...possibly the only thing to do
@michcard1957
8 жыл бұрын
At 2:37 I thought you would opt to land on the slope of grass facing the mountain. This is what I would have instinclty preferred, slightly increasing speed first to gain energy then braking firmly to reduce as much as possible the impact. When I saw you slaloming through these high trees I was fearing a nasty end. But YOU made it nicely and I have no certitude that my option would have turned out better. Congrats!
@turadeaventura
8 жыл бұрын
actually I opted for that slope, but I didn't expected to have so little forward speed after I turned and I couldn't reach it anymore.
@mariano7158
9 жыл бұрын
El piloto es un artista, guuuuuud.
@januszsiodmiak9836
9 жыл бұрын
How did that happen..Nice one, master Yoda. lol
@user-pw3li8cs3s
7 жыл бұрын
Вообще красавчик!!!
@AlbanNOIR
9 жыл бұрын
Wow! You landed in a handkerchief.
@Dogsrule777
4 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done sir! 👍🏽☮️
@aliyldrm8248
7 жыл бұрын
Perfect landing. Congratulations
@DanylloRocha
8 жыл бұрын
beautifull landing!
@skymaster4121
3 күн бұрын
No, it was really really dangerous
@DanylloRocha
3 күн бұрын
@@skymaster4121 are you from the landing police?
@NABIL4PG
10 жыл бұрын
Stefan, first congratulation, you saved your a**. That was very good lee side landing and I can see the shadow of the wings keeping their shape 'til the last second. bravo! Now, I am just wondering about few things but would love to get your answers on : 1. how was the wind on the opposite side of the valley (the left side)? 2. do you the terrain and if there are bigger open space ahead of you? Again, that was well done! Thanks for sharing!
@turadeaventura
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks, The valley is oriented north and that day the wind was initially lighter from nw. I was coming back from e and then the wind picked up. I was high on another ridge more to the e and tried to cross to the windy side of the left ridge. I got huge rotor and had to return to the east on this smaller ridge which was all in the rotor of the left ridge. Down the valley there are a few openings and after you get on the flat. .i was hoping to reach a clearing. I tried to land in the area with lead trees possible.
@MatteoBianchi00
5 жыл бұрын
Helo Stefan. I know that when we are comfortably sitting at our desk some choices are more obvious than when we are under pressure up in the sky. But at the beginning of the video seems that you go trough a nice lift. Why didn't you follow it? Glad you landed safely.
@turadeaventura
5 жыл бұрын
Everybody noticed that and even some believed it was thermal, but actually just small bubbles and nothing usable. I didn't turn because I was hoping to go forward and reach an open area where I could land.
@patrickswayze2596
4 жыл бұрын
Well done brother, absolutely fantastic piloting my friend 👍🏻
@bernhardtochtermann1805
6 жыл бұрын
Respekt!
@ErolSensoy
5 жыл бұрын
That's like movies begining funny then turning scary movie, IMDB Rating 9.99
@PARAEZFLY
10 жыл бұрын
Nice Job,Great flying
@nickname9019
4 жыл бұрын
Funky landing 😄
@karolsroka9096
7 жыл бұрын
Odjebane perfekcyjnie :D
@SkyWayKharkov
4 жыл бұрын
Landing is good, but crazy.
@eduardorestrepo
9 жыл бұрын
Ninja-paraglider!! jejejeje
@tominanimo5921
10 жыл бұрын
nice
@herbertfritz5796
9 жыл бұрын
Hey Stefan, Du bist für mich der Hero ! Das wären die Alpträume für mich ! Hast Du auf alle Fälle gut gemacht ! Wo war den das ? Und wie kam`s überhaupt dazu ? Das Gelände sieht für mich nicht unbedingt Gleitschirmtauglich aus ? Grüssle Hebbi aus Lörrach
@user-cb2rk5vx5b
5 жыл бұрын
молодец. грамотно сел....
@JeanMarcGarin
9 жыл бұрын
you are lucky!
@timmit2256
9 жыл бұрын
Spot landing in high wind is not difficult. Having no strong turbulence (and thus stall or frontal) while doing that in a small clearing in the middle of a forest and also in thermal conditions... crazy lucky :) I would call that "all or nothing technique". A safer option would be to aim for a tree, as weird as it may sound.
@ramases1
9 жыл бұрын
Nice landing!! Great control luck was on your side there
@rbelatamas
10 жыл бұрын
lot of lucky :)
@notl2nor124
2 жыл бұрын
The gull had the opportunity to twist it !!! But he chose otherwise ....
@hippozippo44
7 жыл бұрын
holding risers with 5m GND lee side?
@JanosCservenak83
10 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday.... again.... How many lifes do you have from the 9?
@turadeaventura
10 жыл бұрын
hopefully 9? :D
@ghztresd
7 жыл бұрын
porozitatea la aripa it era Sitä , Sau era asa de tare vintu pe vale ?
@turadeaventura
Ай бұрын
Flying the upper ridge, tried to cross back and couldn't due to the strong wind
@yashmanwani6232
10 жыл бұрын
Hi friend. Good choice. How did you end up in that situation?
@turadeaventura
10 жыл бұрын
Bad judgement before, because the wind picked up and the lee side was huge
@Stasmor
10 жыл бұрын
+100 лучшая посадка в таких условиях!!!!!
@klamenza
8 жыл бұрын
legend!
@nikosallafakaro6981
10 жыл бұрын
Decisions ... decisions ...
@soaring138
9 жыл бұрын
Why not thermaling in the first thermal we can hear in your Video ? ... ? Whis more height, you have also more possibilities and choice...
@Switcher795
7 жыл бұрын
lucky bastard
@PiggoNZ
5 жыл бұрын
Notwithstanding anything else in the video, I reckon you absolutely nailed the last 100 feet
@z95959599
4 жыл бұрын
Respect! Good landing!
@teoto83
10 жыл бұрын
I also like the beginning - cihoc 5.5.2012 my video
@TIA910
10 жыл бұрын
But.. Why you dont use your speedbar?
@saltytsp
6 жыл бұрын
LOLOLOLOL fit like a glove....... yikes I was waiting for some James Bond shit to kick off.... like ninjas attacking you from the forest or something
@vornicuvictor2821
10 жыл бұрын
amuzant man....am ras un pic la sfarsit.......
@jamesmitchell1513
10 жыл бұрын
Great landing
@CaedmonMullin
10 жыл бұрын
Yikes! Good skills...
@Paravoffka
10 жыл бұрын
ParaChuck Norris :)
@danijelmakar2097
9 жыл бұрын
yes yes yes nice large greeting card perfect you are fine....
@littleideaform
10 жыл бұрын
What were you doing in there so low man?
@turadeaventura
10 жыл бұрын
I tried to cross a valley but the wind picked up and the lee side did the rest
@marcopontil1699
10 жыл бұрын
It is always about that: luck and the skills to take advantage of that luck! Congratulations !
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