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Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:20 am
by ozzy72
All I can say is this is AMAZING http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6666889.stm

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 8:11 am
by ATI_7500
Woah!  :o

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 10:50 am
by Mobius
Bear Grylls, his show on the Discovery channel is a good example sometimes of what you probably shouldn't do to survive in the wild, but I'll give him credit, this, and some of the other things he's done are quite impressive. 8-)

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 1:36 pm
by spitfire boy
Great achievement, odd name... :-?

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 8:17 pm
by beaky
I guess her flight (or fright, as it were) doesn't count for a record?   ;D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6369923.stm

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:37 am
by machineman9
Great achievement, odd name... :-?

well your name is spitfire boy so you cant talk (mine is machineman9 so i cant either) naa just joking

what a crazy guy.. why didnt he just take a jet up there?

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:19 pm
by spitfire boy
Great achievement, odd name... :-?

well your name is spitfire boy so you cant talk (mine is machineman9 so i cant either) naa just joking

what a crazy guy.. why didnt he just take a jet up there?


Spitfire boy is my nickname. Doug is my real name. Imagine having the name 'Bear Grylls' being bestowed upon you at birth. :o :-?

I don't know. Modern naming patterns are getting more and more ridiculous. ;)

I presume the reason he didn't take a jet up was because that would have been relatively easy... and doubtless someone has done it before. He wanted to challenge himself.

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:48 am
by NDSP
Great achievement, odd name... :-?



well known by many name ;D.... you sure that wasnt dubbed on him by the discovery channel?

Re: Paragliding record!

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:11 pm
by spitfire boy
Great achievement, odd name... :-?



well known by many name ;D.... you sure that wasnt dubbed on him by the discovery channel?


It's what I thought at first... I thought his real name might be something like 'Herbert Montgomerie' or 'Julian Baker-Smith' ;). But then the Beeb use the name in a factual report... I'm unsure.