Episode 154- Going Big against the Odds with Thad Spencer

Episode 154- Going Big against the Odds with Thad Spencer

Thad hails from Minnesota, just sold a successful musical production company and is addicted to flying. The holy grail in the US has been the 200 mile mark, a distance very few pilots have pulled off and Thad has chased it hard for years. His chase has taken him through the full arc of what you have to learn to send, an arc that of course never ends. This spring he pulled it off in the flats of the MidWest with a 228 mile (very cold) beauty. A little while after he pulled it off he sent me an email that I've posted here nearly in full because...well because we all need a good laugh now and then and it's what lead to this show. Thad tells the "and there I was..." story better than anyone. Grab a whiskey and tuck in, you're in for a treat.

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#242 Stoic, Solo Adventuring with Juraj Koreň

#242 Stoic, Solo Adventuring with Juraj Koreň

Juraj Koreň is an expert alpine climber and pilot from Slovakia who has been chasing some very extreme (often solo) adventures around the world for the last decade, including his 7 "virgin summits" at...

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#241- Tom De Dorlodot and Resilience

#241- Tom De Dorlodot and Resilience

A year ago almost to the day professional Red Bull adventure athlete, 9 time Red Bull-Alps competitor, brainchild of "The Search" projects, professional speaker, loving father and husband Tom De Dorlo...

6 Maalis 20251h 27min

#240 A lifetime of Skydiving with Jeff Ayliffe

#240 A lifetime of Skydiving with Jeff Ayliffe

Jeff Ayliffe hails from South Africa and has been under some sort of canopy for a great deal of most of his action-packed years, beginning at the age of 5 when he became obsessed with skydiving. Jeff ...

21 Helmi 20251h 17min

#239 The thrill of a lifetime of flying with Eddie Colfox

#239 The thrill of a lifetime of flying with Eddie Colfox

Eddie Colfox has an unbelievable history with paragliding, beginning in 1991 at home in the UK and later across India, Pakistan, and Morocco. In this show Eddie discusses the evolution of the flying c...

7 Helmi 20251h 15min

#238 Acro, Test flying, SIV, Instruction, Meteo and Comps with Karlis Jaunpetrovics

#238 Acro, Test flying, SIV, Instruction, Meteo and Comps with Karlis Jaunpetrovics

In this episode we talk about his journey to becoming an instructor, the challenges and intricacies of test piloting, his passion for acrobatics, his experiences flying in Taiwan, and the vibrant par...

23 Tammi 20251h 33min

#237- Removing the Anxiety of Vol Biv with Tim Pentreath

#237- Removing the Anxiety of Vol Biv with Tim Pentreath

Four years ago almost to the day we released a podcast with veteran UK pilot/adventurer Tim Pentreath that explored his "Gumball Rally"- a vol biv adventure open to anyone in the Alps every summer. At...

9 Tammi 202555min

#236 Soaring through History with Butch Peachy

#236 Soaring through History with Butch Peachy

In this continuing series on legends in the sport I sit down with Butch Peachy to discuss his over 40 years of flying hang gliders and his continued passion today. We begin with Butch's early days in ...

28 Joulu 202451min

#235 A Record is Crushed in Norway with Arne Kristian Boiesen

#235 A Record is Crushed in Norway with Arne Kristian Boiesen

On June 10, 2023 Arne Kristian Boiesen, a veteran paraglider from Norway stepped off one of his local sites outside of Oslo hoping to go pretty big. 9.5 hours later he'd flown his Niviuk Peak 6 343 km...

13 Joulu 202459min

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