The Amazing Planet and Nature Thread

I almost had a heart attack just watching it, that doesn’t go down as amazing with me, just fucking nuts. :scream:

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Yeah, it is exhilarating, right :heart_eyes:. Oh just imagine being there, the wind rushing past you and you twitching and swirling like a swallow in spring sunshine :partying_face:.

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Nope, I’m safe and comfortable in my chair sitting infront of a keyboard and monitor thankyou. :relaxed:

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Yeah, I always have my best adventures from my couch. :blush:

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That must be your ‘Casting Couch’ then lftikhar :joy:

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Hey, I’m a wonderer, not a wanderer. :blush:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkoidwsLXCg

Just for you then lftikhar :upside_down_face:

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Stunning views RH.

I got dizzy, just watching that video. It is definitelty not for the faint hearted

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Speed sailing. I was invited to go on a course for this some years ago, but I didn’t want to add another hobby to a silly list that I already have.

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Wow

Out of interest, how do they know? ( hopefully no one smashes out the line about the flake tasting off)

I clicked on the link but it led to a twitter feed.

Fascinating.

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Yeah I wonder too how they could determine the age so precisely. Maybe they killed him to find out? It wouldn’t surprise me at all.

On the other hand, there is no serious link provided. It could be a random guy making something up.

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@Flobs @Maria

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Fixed it for you

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yeah fair play. I first saw it with some video at a ski resort where they start on ski’s until there’s enough speed and then it was basically following the mountain down just a few feet up. Getting a lot higher in places. The natural extension then is paragliding I guess. The guy that invited me on the course does a lot of that now.

Looks like fun if you think that you dont need to go to the extreme that those guys do in the video. But priority for me is to get back in the water kitesurfing this Summer. And I must make some progress SUP surfing while I’m at it.

Reality is I need a new job first.

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I couldn’t hold my breath long enough, had to stop the video 40 times! To think it’s freezing as well. :astonished:

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The RedBull channel has some really freaky stuffs. I haven’t watched though.

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At first glance, I thought this article was April’s Fool came a few days early.

According to a new study, the bunny’s bizarre method of locomotion is a result of stunted genetics. The recessive genetic trait was first discovered in a domesticated rabbit in a suburb of Paris in 1935.

The trait is the product of genetic mutation possibly hidden in the genetic code of the rabbit lineage for generations. The rabbit variety is known as the Alfort jumper, and in addition to walking on its front legs, it’s more likely to develop cataracts and become blind. The rabbit lineage has been kept since the discovery by scientists to study ocular malformations and pathological locomotion.

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