Paragliding record!

[ozzy72]

All I can say is this is AMAZING http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6666889.stm

[ATI_7500]

Woah!  :o

[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-)

[spitfire boy]

Great achievement, odd name... :-?

[beaky]

I guess her flight (or fright, as it were) doesn't count for a record?  

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

[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?

[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. :-?

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.

[NDSP]

Great achievement, odd name... :-?

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

[spitfire boy]

Great achievement, odd name... :-?

well known by many name .... 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.