# Paraglide skiing down Mont Blanc

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 6, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036 "2014-01-06T15:36:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036/1 "2014-01-06T15:36:04Z")

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Some very impressive footage: [Speed Riding Mont Blanc on Vimeo](http://player.vimeo.com/video/36398302)

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036/2 "2014-01-06T22:51:55Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Some very impressive footage

Indeed.

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036/3 "2014-01-06T23:25:09Z")

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Breathtaking.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036/4 "2014-01-07T03:20:00Z")

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Better to watch it than to do it!

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**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036/5 "2014-01-07T16:51:57Z")

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incredible, killer, scary as shit!

ever watch the documentary called Birdmen? base jumping parachuting basically they fly away from the mountain!

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6zxtGyZFSE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6zxtGyZFSE)

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraglide-skiing-down-mont-blanc/678036/6 "2014-01-07T17:58:04Z")

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DAMN! Where do I sign up?

I have dreams like this. But I don’t have a gliding parachute on and I wake up with a start just before I hit the ground.