My paragliding pilot pal, Gabor Ferenc, offered to take me for a tandem flight off the east side of Aspen Mountain the other day. Here’s a short video of the fall color tour from the sky.
I want to thank Dave Frank, Alex Palmaz from Aspen Paragliding, and of course Gabor, for getting me down in one piece.
Shhh. Maybe this time if we’re really quiet they won’t[...]
There's some pretty fun terrain up there. Skiing the Upper East Face and Bell Cord Couloir on South Maroon.
Christy and Elsie on the summit. A 2018 spring ski of the East Slopes of Mount Democrat.
Internal monologue as I watched: “That looks f$%king cool!”
Joel, it’s pretty fun.
Because you were probably wondering, we flew on Oct. 1st so there wasn’t any snow to see up high. Things look a bit more snowy these days.
Chrissy
Love the video Ted! and congrats on the twin cities 26.2 !!
Just before takeoff, did you ask, “what’s your vector, Victor?”
If I could have come up with something that rhymed with “Gabor” I might have.
Larry B
Ted- I should “point” out SABRE is a fit. Also a “friendly” reminder that NEIGHBOR rhymes. And, of course LABOR “works”.
Looking back, I guess Scott wasn’t rhyming so much, but since we’ve taken it that way, thanks for the suggestions.
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