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Amazing Stories from the USA (Arizona: Part 4)

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  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...

Amazing Stories from the USA (Arizona: Part 3)

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  In the mountains It's very peaceful I haven't found anywhere yet that's better than this Richard makes a stop on the banks of this river he still has half a day of riding to get back to the ranch he'll spend the night In his 100 year old cabin that has offered shelter to so many cowboys before him Isolated but not alone he has the company of his horses as well as the spirit of all those who once nourished the same dreams many ranches In the west are getting subdivided you know so they're being sold for people to have small houses In this beautiful countryside but of course as more people have their small homes In paradise It's no longer paradise & um & so I think for my whole family It's very Important that we're keeping our ranch the way that It has been It's a hard way to make a living & It would be easy to you know sell the ranch & subdivide It but there are a lot of ranchers that hold on to the land even though It's a tough ...

Amazing Stories from the USA (Arizona: Part 2)

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  Something like a good old friend who every now & then gives you a hard time well you know below the tire you're going to blow a tire am not the first one I changed I'm sure this am not going to be the last just got to get Into Tucson & get another one now uh haven't heard about David he got locked up yesterday for the failure to pay his child support & all this guy's laughing thought It was just so funny his wife left In such a hurry she never even stopped to ask for money she never even called just once to tell him where junior was so last Friday not driving back to his lonely home he started thinking I I'm not going to leave Arizona I don't think I mean I want to travel you know I'd like to see the whole rest of the world really tell you the truth & I'm going to try to see as much of It as I can I mean part of the biggest thing about being a musician Is It's kind of can be a tool for that you know maybe you're going to make an...

Amazing Stories from the USA (Arizona: Part 1)

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Um! today somewhere on earth Is headed for the west of America a land where the pioneering spirit & dreams of fortune still live on al fall Is a musician he plies the deserted roads of Arizona at the wheel of his old taxi the concerts he gives In the little towns keep him In close contact with the slice of genuine America Richard fox who grew up In the mountains of Wyoming has chosen to live close to nature by running the family ranch he's perpetuating the cowboy tradition of the American west the mountains & canyons of Utah still echo with Indian chants step Davis has made this her playground climbing skydiving & base jumping this Is the daily bread of this enthusiastic woman In search of the extreme It kind of feels like being a bird when you have a wing suit because you can go where you want you can steer It you can you know spin around In circles 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...