Traditionally, paragliders spend an hour or so cruising near their launch sites. But a new crop is upping the stakes with long-distance flights that can carry pilots well over 100 miles and last upward of 7 hours. These intrepid fliers never know exactly where or how far they’ll go — or, more importantly, where they’ll land — until they get into the air and chase updrafts, like dandelion seeds carried on the wind.
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“Ideally, we land in Fresno at sunset,” 160 miles southeast, said []a pilot from Richmond.
“Or it could be a bust,” [he] said. “We might just end up at the bottom of the mountain.”
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An ethic of cross-country paragliding requires the first pilot down to find transportation — usually an Uber or Lyft back to their car — and begin scooping up the others, who may land miles away, hours later. Part of the fun is seeing where everyone ends up.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Some paragliders manage to travel across hundreds of miles by remaining aloft for several hours
A herd of elephants left a nature preserve and are moving across China, wandering through towns along the way
"In November, they arrived in Pu’er in Yunnan, where a female elephant gave birth to a baby, and settled there for five months. They then resumed the walk on 16 April."
Supposedly this is what happened when a Tesla had to interpret a flatbed truck transporting traffic signals
And this is why you don't do public beta tests!
— Sascha (ζ½θ³δΈ) Pallenberg (@sascha_p) June 2, 2021
Tesla Model 3 display - showing constant traffic lights whilst going 130km/h on the highway!
via https://t.co/MXhddRfjgM pic.twitter.com/rAAYPuY9TP
The author posted this video in the comments. It's a truck full of traffic lights. pic.twitter.com/h2LwyL65ck
— FSD in 6 months (@FSD_in_6m) June 2, 2021
Today's funny posts
Lol imagine if files and folders got heavier the bigger they get pic.twitter.com/M9901YrJuK
— Neil Sardesai (@neilsardesai) May 29, 2021
He-Man and Skeletor dance up a storm for Money Super Market; Aquaman's powers work on people too?; Another look at that Bay of Pigs coin
JLA 235. Dude...Aquaman using his powers to get league members to fall in line? Heck yeah! Steel’s backstory is brutal as well...didn’t know it. Conway writing, Patton on pencils, Machlan on inks, Costanza on letters and D’Angelo on colors. pic.twitter.com/Qvr3UprhQ3
— Old Comics (@comics47904735) May 28, 2021
The CIA created a "victory coin" in anticipation of a glorious victory at the Bay of Pigs. It's like something you'd make up in novel to make a point; the reverse side is 1) in English, 2) features a big cross & 3) refers to the invasion as a "crusade." https://t.co/oXdlJutROM pic.twitter.com/jKTdWyHcmL
— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) May 31, 2021
Excellent: The visual effect of this perspective on juggling. pic.twitter.com/iVBOvjganU
— Lionel Page (@page_eco) May 29, 2021
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
NBA roundup
Rondo after Kawhi's miss pic.twitter.com/v21g8k12GL
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) June 3, 2021
No joke: Clippers had a few Staples Center ushers taunting them from the 100 level as they went into the tunnel
— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) June 3, 2021
Embracing being a villain and leaning into the hate>>>>>> pic.twitter.com/zBqRVdKdY3
— America is musty (@DragonflyJonez) May 28, 2021
Dude he’s wrong for this π pic.twitter.com/WdoTlIk4HS
— kelly (@kellytl_) May 28, 2021
π Andre Drummond pic.twitter.com/MFAVOjWbMO
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) May 28, 2021
CARUSO OFF THE BACKBOARD TO BRON π± pic.twitter.com/PvmHP4aYwZ
— NBA TV (@NBATV) May 30, 2021
— keith van fujimoto (@oakleyandallen) May 30, 2021
The most dad response you could ask for about Embiid’s injury news: pic.twitter.com/fDr7S1UeqZ
— Tom Ignudo (@TomIgnudo) June 2, 2021
Giannis: “We didn’t want to play with our food.”
— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) May 29, 2021