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Snowy

@taniwharugby Honestly, HTF did he not know that he wasn't in a harness or attached in some way? A bit of a Darwin award waiting to happen. Moran.

If I was going bungy jumping I would probably say "shouldn't that stretchy thing be attached me?'

Bovidae

On a TV interview he said his wife was meant to be on that glider but they swapped at the last minute.

Also said he has not ruled out doing another tandem glider ride.

taniwharugby

the fact he managed to hold on, for that long!

I have a bar at home (sadly not that kind of bar) that I do pull ups on, but sometimes just 'hang' on it for alot less time; I guess a life threatening fall increases your desire (and ability) to not let go.

Snowy

@bovidae said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

Also said he has not ruled out doing another tandem glider ride.

Well it would certainly have been exciting.

Paekakboyz

I dont know if he'd ever match that rush!

Paekakboyz

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/a1mkb7/best_homemade_ornament_ever/?utm_source=reddit-android

NTA

@taniwharugby That is fucking awesome. Like a good scifi movie.

Kruse

@taniwharugby
That happened to somebody while I was in Rio... sounds like another urban myth, but I seem to recall having people at the hostel who'd witnessed it.
Although in that case - I have a (possibly false/distorted) memory it was the pilot who wasn't attached? And let himself drop off almost immediately, knowing it was a softer landing... leaving the tourist to pretty much "do their best".

Edit: figured something like that might appear in news/travel-stories... and yeah, found this - which seems to match my memory, and around the time I would have been there:

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12325