Der Start mit dem Gleitschirm kann, insbesondere bei schwierigen Windbedingungen, eine sehr anspruchsvolle Herausforderung sein. Deshalb heißt die Aufgabe für jeden Piloten: Üben, üben, üben - und zwar beim Groundhandling, nicht am Startplatz ... Gerade jetzt im Herbst, mit wenigen fliegbaren Tagen, dafür aber umso mehr Wind, ist dazu die passende Gelegenheit. 

Leider nimmt sich das nicht jeder zu Herzen. Daher kommt es gerade an beliebten, aber anspruchsvollen Startplätzen, wie z.B. am Col Rodella in den Dolomiten, immer wieder zu atemberaubenden Stunts, wie im folgenden Video sehr eindrucksvoll zu sehen ist:

Col Rodeo "Ghost Riders In The Sky" von Christian Hoelzl auf Vimeo.










{tip

An old cowboy went ridin' out one dark and windy day. 
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way. 
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw, 
Plowing through the ragged skies. 
And up a cloudy draw.

 

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel. 
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel. 
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky. 
Oh, he saw the riders comin' hard, 
And he heard their mournful cry...

 

Yippee-I-Yay...Yippee-I-Yo...  Ghost Riders in the sky...

 

As the riders passed on by him he heard one call his name 
"If you wanna save your soul from hell, or ridin' on our range 
Then cowboy, change your ways today, or with us you will ride 
Tryin' to catch the devil's herd 
Across these endless skies..."

 

Yippee-I-Yay...Yippee-I-Yo...  Ghost Riders in the sky...

 

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat. 
He's ridin' hard to catch that herd but he ain't caught 'em yet 
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky 
On horses snortin' fire... 
As they ride on hear their cry...

 

Yippee-I-Yay...Yippee-I-Yo...  Ghost Riders in the sky...

}An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day ..{/tip}

 

Besten Dank an Christian vom Drachen- und Gleitschirmfliegerverein DGC Bayerwald e.V., der dieses faszinierende Video auf Vimeo veröffentlicht hat.