AT
AT FOUR
AT FOUR -- TODAY WE CONTINUE OUR EXPLORING IDAHO SERIES
IN HORSESHOE BEND --
JUST A QUICK DRIVE AWAY
-- ABOUT 35 MINUTES
NORTH OF BOISE.
HORSESHOE BEND IS A
FORMER LOGGING TOWN
THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE
A NAME FOR ITSELF IN THE
ADVENTURE
ADVENTURE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND DEE AND BRIAN
WITH A TASTE OF WHAT
THAT ADVENTURE LOOKS
LIKE.
LIKE.
YESTERDAY
YESTERDAY WE TOOK TO THE WATER OF HELLS CANYON, TODAY WE TAKE
TO THE AIR.
MAN'S INFATUATION
MAN'S INFATUATION
WITH
WITH WANTING TO FLY GOES BACK TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY -- WHEN
ICARUS TOOK TO THE AIR
WITH WINGS MADE WITH
WAX.
JUMP AHEAD A FEW
CENTURIES AND ALONG
CAME THE WRIGHT
BROTHERS.
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT
TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO GLIDE LIKE A BIRD --
JUST
JUST HEAD
JUST HEAD UP HERE TO THE HORSESHOE BEND FLIGHT PARK..
FLIGHT PARK..
14
14 NATS
14 NATS OF WIND IF IT'S TRULY IMPOSSIBLE
TO
TO CONTROL THE WIND...THE NEXT BEST THING...
223
THING... 223 UP, UP, UP, UP...GOOD
...MIGHT BE...
...GOOD JOB
...TO JUST GO WITH IT.
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635 GIRL RUNS, TAKES OFF
OR RATHER...AGAINST IT.
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656 SHE'S DOING
AWESOME
IF YOUR GOAL...
932 ALRIGHT...
...IS TO LEARN TO FLY...
934
YOU'RE GOOD, WIND IS
GOOD
...THEN THE HORSESHOE
BEND FLIGHT PARK IS A
PRETTY GOOD JUMPING
OFF POINT.
1126 YEAH, WE DO
TRAINING 7 DAYS A WEEK
SCOTT EDWARDS STARTED
THIS PARAGLIDING
PLAYGROUND WITHIN THE
LAST YEAR...WITH HIS
BUDDY JUSTIN BOER.
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924 YOU DID GO UP A
LITTLE BIT AND THAT'S
OK...AS LONG AS YOU'RE
NOT, 'OH, I'M TOO DEEP'
THE LEARNING CURVE
STARTS ON WHAT THEY
CALL THE KITING HILL...A
LITTLE LIFT ABOUT 20 TO
30 FEET UP.
THE DIFFICULTY...AND THE
TERRAIN TAKES OFF FROM
THERE
841 I THINK IT WILL BE
BETTER TO GET UP TO THE
TRAINING HILL
THE TRAINING HILL IS A
BIT OF A HIKE...ABOUT 200
FEET HIGHER...ADDING
MORE FLIGHT TIME.
729 BETWEEN US AND
SQUAW BUTTE IT'S JUST A
BIG VALLEY THAT'S
PUMPIN' THERMALS IN
THOSE THERMALS...WARM
AIR RISING FROM THE
GROUND...ARE WHAT KEEP
GLIDERS GLIDING AT THE
HORSESHOE BEND FLIGHT
PARK...ONE OF THE FEW
AND ONE OF THE NEWEST
IN THE COUNTRY.
IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE
BIGGEST.
A LITTLE MORE THAN 900
ACRES...
1242 LOTSA SPACE, LOTSA
LOTSA SPACE
AND TUCKED ALONG THE
PAYETTE RIVER...ON A
RIDGE ABOVE THE OLD
EMMETT ROAD...ONE OF
THE UPPER LAUNCH SITES
SITS NEARLY 900 FEET OF
OPEN AIR ABOVE THE
LANDING ZONE...WHERE
FLYERS GET THEIR FIX OF
FALLING...FLOWINGLY/SKIL
LFULLY/GRACEFULLY
FALLING...FLOWINGLY/SKIL LFULLY/GRACEFULLY 406 IT'S THE MOST
FREEDOM YOU'LL EVER
FEEL
IN 8 YEARS OF TEACHING
PARAGLIDING AND SPEED
FLYING...JUSTIN SAYS HE'S
CERTIFIED SOME 200
STUDENTS...BUT IS STILL
THRILLED BY IT.
348 I REALLY LIKE THE
FREEDOM OF BEING
OUTDOORS AND HIKING
UP AND JUST BEING WITH
NATURE AND NOT HAVING
TO PAY FOR AIRPLANE
FUEL
BOTH JUSTIN AND SCOTT
WERE FIRST
SKYDIVERS...THEN THEY
FELL IN LOVE WITH
CATCHING AIR...BY
JUMPING OFF THE LAND.
A FEW YEARS AGO THEY
BONDED BY DREAMING OF
OPENING A FLIGHT
PARK...WHEN SCOTT
FOUND THIS PIECE OF
PROPERTY.
619 FROM THEN ON IT
WAS LIKE. 'OK, LET'S DO IT'
SINCE THEN FLYERS HAVE
FOUND THEIR WAY HERE
FROM ALL OVER THE
WEST...
1204 FROM MONTANA,
FROM COLORADO, FROM
WASHINGTON AND
OREGON
AND FROM AS FAR AWAY
AS CANADA, GUATEMALA,
AND NEW ZEALAND.
A PRETTY GOOD
LAUNCH...FOR A FLIGHT
PARK JUSTIN AND SCOTT
WANT TO LAST AT LEAST A
CENTURY.
AND NOT BAD FOR TWO
GUYS WHO THREW
CAUTION TO THE
WIND...AND FLOATED INTO
A CAREER.
1216 IT'S THE BEST CAREER
EVER HAHA
EVER HAHA