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On Oct 30, 7:50*pm, wrote:
Awhile back there was a film in the making to be titled "Cloudstreet". Never got off the ground but some nice preliminary filming was tested and placed on the internet. I guess they could not get enough funding, the plan was to run the film on PBS station. Just a vote for my favorite video - Klaus Ohlmann's "Argentina, Gliding in the 5th Dimension". While it doesn't have the "beautiful people" aspects, it does have spectacular scenery expertly videographed and shows the gritty details of extreme long distance soaring in sometimes primitive conditions. Circling the peaks of active volcanoes and one brief shot circling the peak of Aconcagua leaves no doubt about the conquest of the Andes by glider. Telling - and showing - what gliders are capable of seems to be the "sizzle" that sells the sport. People who assume gliding is just sleigh rides are stunned by this video. |
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