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Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by Scarblac on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:53PM (#47446822)
8k meters. There is no place at 11k where you can ski.
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Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by idontwantthis on Thursday March 19, 2026 @06:20PM (#47447148)
You could be on skis they might make it harder to control your parachute.
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Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by skithrowyouknow on Thursday March 19, 2026 @08:18PM (#47448491)
My friend skis make it easier to use your parachute https://youtu.be/3CDyQXtBGBw?si=YMXZOqvkCLaaLamy&t=1457
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Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by manarth on Friday March 20, 2026 @04:49AM (#47452070)
People who paraglide often launch (and land) on skis and can then use thermals to ascend above their launch site. No-one's flying to 11,000m though!

(The highest recorded paraglider flight was 10,054m – unintentional, got sucked into a cumulonimbus cloud updraft - also lost consciousness).

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