I had been hoping since early on that we would end up in Rio for Scott’s birthday. The timing worked out and we decided to do something truly memorable for his big day.
One of the neat things we had heard to do in Rio was hang glide over the gorgeous city and ocean. As I am not too fond of heights, I was glad to hang out on the sidelines, take pictures and video, and just enjoy watching Scott have a great time!!
Scott met with his pilot, Konrad (a native German who hang glides throughout South America), where they rehearsed the take-off and other “do’s and don’t” (like, “never touch the glider!”).
Getting geared up and ready to run off the ramp
Konrad had a camera mounted on the front of the glider… a perfect way to capture the experience. Here’s an edited down (3 minute) video of the 12 minute flight… check it out!
As they launched off of the ramp, I also took this video from land.
One of the neat things we had heard to do in Rio was hang glide over the gorgeous city and ocean. As I am not too fond of heights, I was glad to hang out on the sidelines, take pictures and video, and just enjoy watching Scott have a great time!!
Scott met with his pilot, Konrad (a native German who hang glides throughout South America), where they rehearsed the take-off and other “do’s and don’t” (like, “never touch the glider!”).
Getting geared up and ready to run off the ramp
Konrad had a camera mounted on the front of the glider… a perfect way to capture the experience. Here’s an edited down (3 minute) video of the 12 minute flight… check it out!
scott hang glide v3 from scott w on Vimeo.
As they launched off of the ramp, I also took this video from land.
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