HANGGLIDING - Cross Country flight in bitter cold 

Fortunately I had a retrieve driver who was following me via a tracker app on my phone. About 10 minutes after packing up my glider she arrived with hot coffee and chocolate to warm me up!

Sotir you say the nicest things!

Hey Fisher! Congratulations on getting into the BEST sport in the world! And good luck for your H2 exam... once you are fully qualified the flying world will open up to you. Thank you for following my videos, I'm really glad you like them. Cross country thermalling - I am currently editing quite a few videos where I am doing cross country flights. In some of them I intend to show an analysis of the cross country flight and what my thought process were. I'm also planning a new video all about thermalling - I did one previously and the new one will add to, rather than replace the original one. I have quite a few ideas about it, including exercises you can do to improve your thermalling. I'm also planning a video on low saves - how to maximise your chances of getting one and how to do one. Ridge lift... I'll add that to my list too. Lots of vids to do and rather too many to edit at the moment - but I'll get there :-)

Thanks Carlos! There is lots more to come...

Thanks Drabs! My only issue currently is too much flying and no time for editing. I've got about another 10 videos waiting to be edited!

Awwww thank you John! It's comments like yours that keep me inspired to keep making the videos :-) I hope you have a great return to hang gliding!

Nice one! It really is amazing when you get to fly with the birds like that isn't it. I'm glad you think I show the fun and amazingness of this flying - and that you feel it too!! :-)

@@MooSurfer thanks darren. I started flying hg in 1978 it was big. Worked for a major hg manufacturer a few years. Hg in the usa is on a slow trend. Really erks me because its such a great sport. Nope your non superficial enthusiasm shows in every vid kudos .

@@whisperingeagle thank you... I know what you mean about it being such a great sport that doesn't receive the attention it deserves - that's the point of my RU-vid channel really. To try and inspire people into doing it.

Glad you liked it!

Thank you Will :-) You mean with description of all the bits? I'll add it to my list...

@@MooSurfer Yes please! And if possible the different types of gliders and why some are more difficult to handle than others. Thanks very much. Hope to see you at Carlton bank sometime

@@wardy78 it's on my list!

I know - I was so disappointed the GoPro died as Castle Howard looked great! And I wasn't too high above it. Thanks though, it was a really enjoyable flight.

To be fair, my body was warm most of the flight, just my fingers for the first few hours. Towards the end my toes got cold and then my body got cold... that's when I decided to land!

Yes I have considered it, but it isn't very often I fly in conditions as cold as this. I've also considered putting disposable heating pads in my bar mitts - the ones that you snap and they heat up from a chemical reaction. I might try that...

Not long now!

Not the worst mistake I've ever made.. but on view for the world to see

@@MooSurfer Yep, I did get some stick as mine was on camera as well. I don't like hiding mistakes. Also you looked really frosty, its amazing how GoPros really don't like the cold.

Any chance of getting the flyxc link?

@@foodini yes, sorry I meant to put it in the description. Here is the Livetrack 24 link (incomplete because my phone died): www.livetrack24.com/track/1838646 You can see the full flight here - www.uknxcl.co.uk/tables/# look for my name and the flight that is 111.96km then select "Add trace to map"

Excellent question foodini... at that point in the flight Steve was slightly to my NE and was not going up. Also I had realised that the wind was off to the NorthWest and so I thought that corner where I found the thermal would be more into wind and therefore more likely to work better. It turns out this was one of the few occasions that I was right! If you look at the track of my thermal and compare it to the direction the hill is facing, you will see that section of the hill was much more into wind. I was plenty high enough to transition there when I did and coming back would involve flying over the top landing area, so it was a pretty safe move.

I know what you mean Iain, but I don't think this particular roughness was wave. Though I'm often wrong!

Exactly! The forecast was for very good thermals due to a high lapse rate (getting colder fast with increasing altitude). I think it had been so good that the clouds had overdeveloped and cut off the sun. But because it was SO cold higher up, what little sun fell on the ground produced enough thermals to get up on.

I would have put the track details on even without the gopro dying! I have a few more videos like this to come - also unfortunately with gopro death :-(

www.turfhouse.com/zoot-bar-mitts-c2x34126774 one consideration is that they are a bit difficult to put on when wearing big gloves because they're a bit floppy. They do the job of keeping your hands warm well though.

Thank you Yas. What percentage? Percentage of what? I don't know - perhaps you could google it? It's a dangerous sport but you make it safer by taking safety measures like flying in conditions that are right for the glider, flying with a parachute etc. I'm glad you like the video - there will be lots more to come!

@@MooSurfer thanks for replying I M gonna share ur channel with my friends and family u will get a lot of subscriber if u are at uk then give view of lake district from above thanks

@@yasafrahim3502 that's great, thank you Yas! I have hardly ever flown in the Lake District, but when I do I will definitely post a video of it.

78,9% Safer than Paragliding.

@@NoTengoIlusiones thanks for telling percentage