Pub Bigot
10:12 Sun Nov 20
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Mountain Goats are my new fascination.
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Sven Roeder
10:00 Sun Nov 20
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Jaguar v crocodile
Blimey
Those big guinea pigs didn't look very tasty anyway
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jools268
11:56 Tue Nov 15
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Yeah, fuck all else I could do. There was no where else to land as once you left the take off it was all trees.
Saying that, it's a great hobby and the only real dangers are caused by your own stupidity. Had some amazing flights where I didn't nearly end up kebabed on a pine tree
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Russ of the BML
6:35 Tue Nov 15
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jools268 5:14 Tue Nov 15
Taught me a very valuable lesson.
Stay in bed??
So basically you were going down but just had to fight to keep it straight? Sod that!!
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Northern Sold
5:16 Tue Nov 15
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Taught me a very valuable lesson.
Get the cable car next time??
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jools268
5:14 Tue Nov 15
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I nearly killed myself in the Alps a few years back. Was hungover after a late session in Les Arcs and didn't check the wing properly before take off. One of the lines to the wing tip was caught under a rock and wrapped around the wing tip so when I took off it was bunched up and buggered up the Aero of the wing. It was pulling right and my rate of descent was much quicker than it should have been. There was a tree lined ridge between me and the nearest landing area and as I was descending quicker than I should I had a very good chance of flying into very ponty tree branches at 30 mph. I also had very little control on the direction as I was having to use full left brake and using my body just to keep flying straight .
I cleared the top of the trees by ten feet and manged a none too pretty landing in the end. Taught me a very valuable lesson.
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Russ of the BML
4:52 Tue Nov 15
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jools268 7:09 Mon Nov 14
Cheers for that.
Although I did laugh when you mentioned lifting your legs and letting the airbag take the hit because, in theory that would help, but a lot of them clips showed them landing on rocks!! And I guess its not much help then!! (haha)
When you stall is that when you go into a spin? Ever happened to you?
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happygilmore
9:18 Mon Nov 14
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Last night was fantastic tv. I was converted
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Takashi Miike
8:35 Mon Nov 14
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I never realised sloths were such good swimmers. I felt sorry for him when he arrived for what he though was a guaranteed bunk up only to find the female already sprogged up :.)
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jools268
7:09 Mon Nov 14
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If you are coming in too fast, its always a good idea to raise your legs are the last moment and let the airbag (basically a fabric pouch under your harness that fills with air that deflates when you hit the ground and cushions the landing) take the hit and hopefully you slide your arse along the ground rather than hit it full on.
In terms of flying, they are much smaller than a normal paraglider wing, which means that you go faster (less drag from the lines and wing) but that comes at the expense of lift and your ability to decrease your speed. A lot of it is done on snow, as you can wear skis which means you can land at a faster speed and just slow yourself with the skis.
Control wise, they need very careful inputs as you can easily flip yourself or deflate the wing and collapse it. That's why those guys were constantly checking the wing to make sure they werent going to fold. The only thing that keeps the wing solid is the air passing through it and if you stall it, very bad things can happen.
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Russ of the BML
6:47 Mon Nov 14
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jools268 6:21 Mon Nov 14
Jesus bloody Christ!! I must've said "That's gonna hurt...." about ten times watching that!!
Is there a technique to it or is it just 'cross your fingers and hope for the best'?
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jools268
6:21 Mon Nov 14
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Truly magic TV, am loving every single minute.
Pole dancing Bears, Faceplanting Bobcats and Snow Leopards kicking off. I agree it should be shown in schools, its the best thing you can do if you want the kids to save what is left of our planet.
Oh, and I paraglide and have tried speed flying(albeit on a far gentler descent) and I can safely say that those guys are fucking mental. They are as twitchy as fuck and it doesn't take a big mistake to get you into a hell of a lot of trouble as below clips demonstrate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wHGPsPo0s0
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B6NY B
3:13 Mon Nov 14
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Watched BOTH last night, them SNAKES...FMOB - hunting in packs.
I think this sort of program should be shown in schools, superb viewing and better than wasting an hour on R.E etc. So informative and would engage kids so much more.
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Northern Sold
12:14 Mon Nov 14
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Yeah it is treason Phantom... start your own thread up... call it ..
"Planet Earth... I thought last nights was not as good as last week with the snakes and stuff"
... oh for the record... I fucking LOVED it... those Snow Leopards are something else...
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The_Phantom
12:12 Mon Nov 14
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I know this is probably treason on here but ...I didnt enjoy last nights show as much as the first.
Apart from the ibexes on the dodgy mountain slopes. That was very good.
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Lewisham_Hammer
2:01 Thu Nov 10
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Absolutely amazing TV and as has been said worth the TV Licence alone! I've said to the mrs a number of times "what are we gonna do when Sir Dave is no more!" He has one of those calm, reassuring and relaxing voices to listen too that alongside the amazing footage make this programme an absolute pleasure to watch! I look forward to these Attenborough series weeks before they come out and I was never really much of a nature fan. Some of the stuff you learn about different animals is amazing and often really surprising.
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The Dursley Massive
11:44 Wed Nov 9
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Those snakes were fucking terrifying. Fuck that shit. Wouldn't set foot on that island, despite not being a baby iguana.
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Blackythebanktramp
9:13 Wed Nov 9
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The scene with the Penguins getting smashed was like Chelsea home at the LONDON stadium
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lab
7:46 Wed Nov 9
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So bearing in mind snakes don't tear food apart does one snake eat a whole lizard , does it swallow another snake ?
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Blunders
11:05 Tue Nov 8
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catching up now.
outstanding
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Grumpster
10:43 Tue Nov 8
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And whoever would have thought that some ants could take out a big fuck off crab?
Nature can certainly be a bitch.
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