Team USA in Red Bull Xalps Again!

Help Honza & Dave return to Europe for their 2nd chance at racing in the worlds most incredible mountain extreme race. More info @ http://redbullxalps.com

Avalanche!

Too many have been caught this year already! protect yourself. Get a beacon. Get an Ortovox

2 fer 2 Sun Peak Hike N Fly fun w/ friends!

Sun Peak x2 from Dave Hanning on Vimeo.

Fall weather

It has been a bit warm here in Ketchum lately, so to settle my demons I occasionally get a hike and fly in for some leg training and a bit of wind in my face. Sun Peak is the best and simplest place to access right now. A short bike ride and about an hour hike puts you right up on top. A PERFECT LZ BELOW IN THE FORM OF A PUTTING GREEN owned by Sun Valley corp, so be sure not to anger that giant when landing. Room for some wanker moves makes losing altitude fun and sure saves my legs from the downhill jam. My only wish is that I would get around to hike n flying there more often. Not too many pilots up here so I am often alone. Hopefully that will change in the future.

Go True Blue!

Here is a letter i received recently because I live in a red state.

Dear Red States:

We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and
we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't
aware, that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all of the Northeast. We
believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to
the people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states.
We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of
Liberty. You get Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get
WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss. We get 85 percent of
America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama. We get
two-thirds of the tax revenue; you get to make the red states pay
their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than
theChristian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a
bunch of single moms. Please be aware that Nuevo California will be
pro gay-rights, pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all
our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask
your evangelicals.
They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for
no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their
children's caskets coming home.

We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but
we're not willing to spend our resources in Bush's and McInsane's
Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent
of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple
and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of
America's quality wines, 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the
high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living
redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools
plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.
With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope
with
88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care
costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the
tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern
Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh,
Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get
Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.
Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah
was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred
unless we're discussing the war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44
percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam
was involved in
9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy b*stards believe you are the people
with higher morals than we lefties.

Finally, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed
they grow in Mexico.

Peace out,
Blue States

Spot ON!

I was recently at a retailer show in Utah for Snowmobilers where I was working for ORTOVOX as a tech rep standing at the ready to sell & /or explain how beacons work. There is a lot of bad information being spread around by those guys who aren't staying on top of technology advances and in general are lying about the how and what is real within the avalanche beacon industry. While I was there, back aching from standing and throat hoarse from correcting lies and defamation spread by the competition I had the chance to connect with SPOT. As I am slow to buy gear, because it always costs more then I have, but I have been a huge fan of this technology since it was first released last year. Already I have benefited from my friends who use this tool when their wife called asking me to check on the where abouts of her husband, Honza, who was well on his way to setting the Idaho state open distance record (139.5 miles). It was a simple task of checking the live tracking and relaying the info to her so she could be johnny on the spot when he landed. Which she was, saving him much headache and hassle finding a ride from somewhere east of Kilgore, Idaho. Having been involved in the Red Bull XAlps in 2007 where live tracking gave me soo much information about the who is where and what might be the best route to follow, i can tell you that this spot tool is the best device any pilot choosing to go XC can have. The safety of having the ability to call in the emergency crew if injured upon reconnection with the earth manually or automatically, plus your significant other having the ability to check in on your where abouts from the computer relieving their concern about where you might be is huge! Now when u cut away and go for it, someone can always know where you are and come and find you if you get into trouble. Dare I say that those lost to the wilds would have been found almost immediately w/o extensive and costly searches if they had only been using this device.In a small handheld unit I now have the ability to "phone home" with the push of a button. It reminds me of the old EPIRB I carried during an extended canoe expedition, which was twice the size of a #10 tin can(coffee can) and when the button was pressed in came the royal canadian airforce to save the day. That was more then 20 years ago! Thankfully technology has come a long way since then.

It is safe to say that buying this unit and subscribing to its service will ultimate save your life, in the field or from the wife as she can no longer freak out not knowing where you are.

WHere its at!

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Sun Valley Paragliding from Dave Hanning on Vimeo.

Happy Father's Day Phau Boyz

Photos of Pete's Big Day from Sebation

SVP flies PlumTV @ King Mt.

this short is to run on plumtv throughout the summer.

fall 07 pg ridge soaring in idaho

SkyRidge Fall 2007 from Dave Hanning on Vimeo.

Hmmm, fun stuff.

My First Sky Diving Experiences from Dave Hanning on Vimeo.

lil Pete's BIG day

lil Pete's BIG day from Dave Hanning on Vimeo.

What it takes to make the milk run in the spring is drive, determination and a lil weather advice. Elvis makes a few appearances on launch as the seriousness of this flight consumes LP. He handles it, flies away and scores a huge day of flying high above the Wasatch @ 13,000ft. What a view. Shiznit like that can change your life.

Congrats to LP for finally sending it all the way!

Just another milk run?

Oly Tandem Flight from Dave Hanning on Vimeo.

Nice job! I am hoping to see some of Sebation's photos. the preview I got had some over the top quality shots!

Sun Valley Tree removal services.

King Mountain Spring Flying

Aldo & I went for a ride on Sunday, landing out short after 3+hrs at altitude and more then 40+ miles into what turned into an epic record day for a few lucky pilots. Special thanks to LZaction & Mel for their awesome retrieve. We flew on sat. too and it was over cast, but fantastic thermaling. Sunday cleared for bluish skys with puffys popping everywhere early. We launched around 12:30 after a couple of sledders for some. With a lucky save we went up to 13ish and began the down range flying that was more cloud streets, convergence lines and epic gliding. Rock-n-Roll & Rodeo Kung Fu dominated the day as big giant awesome lift kept it alive thru snow storms (lost count how many) a lil rain and epic bone chilling cold. Screaming barffies all around for anyone who was able to get past Borah. Special thanks to Aldo who played a perfect meat popsicle piece of ballest for me for longer then he should have. Where we went and what we saw is here in a few shots, special outtakesbecause we were both to cold to shoot too many pictures.



And Matt Keefe shot photos from launch. Hey is that Bad Bones smiling?

Fall 07 action

Fall 07 King Mt

speedflying gimlet

RedBull Xalps 2007 photos

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Ortovox Blogger established

ORTOVOX Blogger with videos, catalog and more

Al Roker goes HG