Amazing Stories from the USA (Arizona: Part 4)

 

And It's just It's just nice when he's flying If you're In a thunderstorm It's bad weather so what you need to do Is make sure where they are before you actually take off & basically avoid them but It does make things a little more tricky but at the same time these days we'll have the most beautiful skies because the clouds are bursting & there's a way to be safe as long as you respect the environment & you know It's coming their little plane Is weaving between the storms & downpours Mario Is still hesitating about opening the hatch step Is ready to go 0.5 miles have a good job for this jump step has donned her wing suit especially designed to slide through the air but man's oldest dream flying Is not available to just anyone In the use you have to complete 500 jumps before you can dive with a wing suit this suit allows step to fly much longer In free fall than with the standard equipment It's an aerial roller coaster that lasts only about one minute before opening her parachute It kind of feels like being a bird when you have a wing suit because um you can go you can go where you want you can steer It you can pop up or dive down you can you know spin around In circles It's a really cool feeling but then at the same time you're also thinking a lot because you have Instruments like the altimeter & you have to think about where you're going to come to land & so It's like on the one hand It's this really like oh I'm a bird & on the other hand you're like what's my altitude It's just such a & just an amazing thing that you could do that you know you could be like a bird up there It's just It's kind of amazing that we have that chance when I started to do meditation for me It's just kind of the same thing as running like I like to have like the empty mind state which Is really good & then & then you feel good & then It helps train your mind to do that when you are like doing a base jump or doing a hard climb or free soloing or skydiving or something because anything you practice you can do It better so If you practice that mind state In safe environments It's easy to take It Into the risky ones hey Larry hey step how's It going HI slack HI sweetie HI happy dog HI good boy Is It windy yeah It's been a little breezy up here but not too bad Is the line good oh It's perfect looks nice yeah It's great It's super nice Larry yeah It's sweet wow but It's really wet Is the line what uh no It's actually after the sun & all the wind It's dried out & It's perfect do you know how far down It Is uh It's probably about 100 feet down Larry harp Is an old friend of Stefan Mario he's a reference In this very spectacular discipline slack lining he also has been around the world to fulfill his passion for climbing which he's been practicing for years Larry Is willing to go to great lengths for such a moment It took him two days of hard work to set up the line you don't practice this extreme sport on a tight cable like a tightrope walker with his balancing pole here Larry has to master the stretch & bounce of the narrow strip of webbing as he walks the fine line between vertigo & perfect balance nice thanks good job that was fun I really enjoy the balance of being able to control not only your physical & your mental aspect of walking a line I enjoy being up really high I've been a climber for 20 years so high lining or slack lining up high Is basically just an extension of that one thing you try to do Is empty your mind of anything It's kind of like meditation so If you're thinking about a bunch of things while you're walking It just It kind of confuses you & It might make you stumble or fall that was fun It's always gets the heart rate up a little bit there for me high lining Is all about uh the uh the view & It's not just being up high It's being In a very scenic place being In being out with nature & just enjoy enjoying the landscape & everything encompasses the experience that that you're looking for you.