Paragliding 130km XC | Jura Mountains Switzerland

Paragliding 130km XC | Jura Mountains Switzerland | Out and Return

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Жыл бұрын

Paragliding cross country flight in the Jura Mountains in Switzerland, the original plan was an ambitious 200km out and return. After taking off to early I bombed out then went back up for another go, shortening the task to 150km. I made 130km in the end, landing at sunset after 7 hours flying.
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@danielboos9302 Жыл бұрын

Cool to see you enjoying my home flying site. Seeing you ignoring and violating airspaces not so fun though😮. I wish you had taken those more seriously. Launch site at Weissenstein has been closed for paragliders several times in the past because of rules and airspace violations. We locals then need to invest a lot of effort to get it back open and reastablish the trust. So next time ask the locals and inform yourself before launch. Sorry for being the nagative guy here. I am loving your videos but I also love that flying site😅. Keep the cool stuff coming!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Hey mate, thanks for that, such a awesome place to fly! Just to clarify when I was flying I had access to all the current airspace restrictions and I didn't breach any airspace during the flight. I know how complex things can get in order to maintain flying sites and I would never want to jeopardize that. If you have any more concerns please just send me a private message! 🙌

@Knief1982 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminKellett🙂 Hey Ben, nice video, It's my home flying site too, so in enjoyed it! Just wondering what app/instrument you used for the airspace restrictions? Because the one in the one in the west (Les Eplatures) you touched, needs radio contact to get trough. And the one above Weissenstein in the end, you need to check by radio or phone if TMA Basel HX is active. In case you didn't this could get dangerous because there are the big airliners flying around... 😮 Keep safe! 😀

@kocot. Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminKellett I'm with Daniel here, you might have had access to the current airspace status, you might have checked all the NOTAMs before flying, but your narration is very clear here - that you did not check and will just fly through it because others did. Which is especially bothering as you have set this task beforehand and not just happened to be there out of luck. I know it's much easier to not care, people come, have fun and go, but the locals stay and pay the price later. I bet you wouldn't like your local areas being closed thanks to some tourists.

@AnthonyMassie Жыл бұрын

You are quickly becoming my favorite paragliding KZfaqr. Consistently great stories and productions!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Ah that’s awesome thanks very much mate! I’ll keep going! 😁

@DomesticDave 2 ай бұрын

Great video and flight. Thanks for advertising my home site, I live just under the Weissenstein and you made it look easy, which it is not always. Nice to see fellow Englishmen enjoying my backyard. Drop me a line if your heading this way again.

@BobJones20001 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload today Ben. I had a shit day at work so getting to come home, lay back on the couch when a glass of wine and get some therapy from Dr Kellet is absolutely what I needed. Perfect timing

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome!! Thanks mate!

@DangiaWild Жыл бұрын

Really cool video, thanks for sharing!

@Luke.A.Hayman Жыл бұрын

'He's worried about going in the cloud I guess, so I'll fly towards him...'! Classic line, really made me chuckle :)

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

My thought process was, it' must be going up really strong there... 🤷‍♂️🤣

@pepepemariano Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video dude!! Keep it up!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps! Will do!! 😎

@johnwagenhals881 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@svensubunitnillson1568 Жыл бұрын

duck ye, ill subscribe to this level of production! keep the vids comming

@derekweir1020 Жыл бұрын

brilliant video, love all your content. keep it coming.

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! 😁

@richarddevaottien7724 Жыл бұрын

Only ever see the Sun Simulator in your videos with it's obvious hexagonal shape and bluish light🤒

@jamesthebarman3979 Жыл бұрын

Great video Ben. Keep’em coming 👊🏼

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!! 🙂

@Bernhard59 7 ай бұрын

Great Video Benjamin love it ! Thanks for sharing ! best regards from south Germany 👍

@BenjaminKellett 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!!

@HK-ew7wb Жыл бұрын

Awesomeness bro..👍👍

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Cheers!! 🙌

@AntonMadness Жыл бұрын

Great production, nice story pleasing to watch! Can't wait for winter to be over!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Cheers!! Summer just starting here in NZ 😎

@Marco_Campazas Жыл бұрын

Nice flight, god cloud street, amazing views!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!!

@hewger Жыл бұрын

Godlike, as usual! :)

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

😎🙌

@petavon Жыл бұрын

Great video Ben. I've committed to a Europe trip next year so hopefully I can have some similar experiences. Good job mate.

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Amazing!! Thanks!

@paraworth Жыл бұрын

You’re nailing it Ben. Great job of flying filming and having heaps of fun. Smiles are the biggest clue of achievement in parapente

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks mate!!

@Hemersonr Жыл бұрын

masterclass!!! Never give up !!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Ahhh very kind! Thanks very much!! 😁

@Hemersonr Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminKellett your biv videos and all technical skills are a huge source of our improvement.... keep going!!!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

@@Hemersonr thanks mate will do!!

Жыл бұрын

Hi Benjamin, it's Cédric @ SportsTrackLive. If you need to change color set to your profile it can be easily be done. Just let me know if you need help or have any request for the future (yes I'm a paraglider too while SportsTrackLive is not dedicated to this sport). Neat video!!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks very much!! Yeah I’m enjoying using it, need to play around with it more!

@raoulduke1914 Жыл бұрын

awesome stuff Ben, come check it out in South Africa some time!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks mate!! I’d love to one day!

@DiggeryDoodle Жыл бұрын

Hey mate, another great vid. Just picked myself a brand new GT and cant wait. Can I ask how you have fitted the cam bracket, I have the vice grip but have no idea how people are connecting bars to the vice grip or camera? Any advice would be awesome. Thanks

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Ah epic!! Such a class wing! 😎 I just clamp it to the carabiner then I have the “Insta 360 invisible selfie stick” that screw into a 1/4 thread onto the clamp. I’m going to make a video about it soon I promise!

@MrMacKenzieVideos Жыл бұрын

Graphics at 7:10 are a bit fancy. You're all professional and stuff now!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Hahahah I try 😂

@thisisyol Жыл бұрын

These intro-landscape-sweeps are awesome as the rest of your edit is! What are you using for the sweep?

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! It’s Google Earth Studio

@markbooth6471 Жыл бұрын

Enjoying your videos Ben. What kind of camera are you using? It's really effective.

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I use an Insta 360 one R, GoPro Hero 9 (in this one but I have the 11 now) and the iPhone 11 Pro

@edwardconover4728 Жыл бұрын

Man! What a great day out! Struggling at times but then you made it back. That feeling of being high when everything starts to glass off, the world laid out before you lit by the golden sunset, calm lift, the LZ in sight after a long day... if you could bottle that feeling you'd be a billionaire. One small request: seeing as how I'm a minor league pilot and a major league muppet, I struggle at times with working cloud streets. Your hyper lapse footage is very useful as I'm able to watch the clouds form and decay. However, what you often do, editing wise, is cut away just as you reach the end of a part of the street and I miss how you transition to the next part. Perhaps you could do a stand alone video sometime (similar to the "Getting Above the Cloud" one you did a while back) showing how you work the cloud streets in a bit more detail. Cheers.

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks mate, Yeah sure that's a super good Idea actually!

@AMJB100000000 Жыл бұрын

Love your content bro, I’m surprised you don’t run a expensive flight instrument.. What battery bank do you use to keep the iPhone charged?

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

I really like the XC Tracer, simple but effective, paired with flyskyhy it does the job and weighs next to nothing! I just have a selection of run of the mill power banks, nothing special. Mostly I take 2 x 10,000 mah but sometimes just one x 20,000 mah. It's enough for 2- 3 days of flying + filming.

@pedroqueiros8213 Жыл бұрын

As Always great video and great flying. Just servers as inspiration for my XC attempts. You make it look too easy I would say. One question if I may ask. That is the app you run on the phone to plan and execute the tasks? Cheers and keep doing you magic ✨

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks very much mate! It’s FkySkyHy I use dying the flight and to create the task!

@pedroqueiros8213 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminKellett thanks for the quick answer. Looking forward to follow your next adventure. Until then! Cheers!

Жыл бұрын

Hi Benjamin! I love this video! I also make some paragliding videos from time to time... and seeing your production, I wonder a few things: do you continuously record the 7 hours of video with the 360 camera? How many GB are needed? On the other hand, the camera you wear on the helmet, in addition to connecting the microphone to it, do you also have it connected to a power bank? And where do you put the microphone? When you edit the videos, is it difficult to synchronize the 360 video with the helmet video (sound and image)? Sorry for so many questions... 🙂

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Hey, so I use a 512gb micro sd card for the 360, that's enough for 11 hours of filming, the gopro I don't use a power bank. i just turn it on for 1 minute at a time and it lasts all day. I have the new white "enduro" battery for it. It's pretty straight forward to sync the audio on Premier Pro, couple of clicks.

Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminKellett Thank you very much!

@siparnell9071 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic XC flight, and extremely well shot/edited video! And I'm still mystified as to how you find such juicy thermals which take you up to 2000+ metres 😃 Maybe you have hawk eyes???

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! There’s a saying that goes: If you walk around in the forest blindfolded, eventually you will walk into a tree. 😂

@siparnell9071 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminKellett Hahaha 😂 That's a saying which fits our sport perfectly! I've also realised I need to expand the sites I'm visiting, if I'm going to rediscover the joy of XC from my days in Europe ☺️

@v-log_deveshanand 7 ай бұрын

What do you think about 5500+ meters??.... Its real thrill

@Skyclimbfly Жыл бұрын

What apps are you using on your iPhone? And how do you mount it to your flight deck?? Thanks and great videos! 🤙🏻

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

It’s FlySkyHy and I just have Velcro on the back of my phone case 🤓

@BrentHandy77 Жыл бұрын

Hey, you're not 'technically' talking to yourself in these... we're listening! Great vids as always. I noticed you're making a bit of an effort in explaining some of the PG jargon - any chance you'd make a bit of a show of your planning process and strategy in building your task of the day, terrain consids, etc? Something I'd like to learn more about. Either way, keep it up man, much appreciated!

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks mate! Yeah sure I’ll try to incorporate that into new videos!! Thanks for the suggestion! 🤓🙌

@Adenthemann Жыл бұрын

Hey Ben, Quick question: On your out and back trips like this (either alps or NZ), do you always pack your vol biv kit just in case?

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Ah in NZ I do for sure, just because I could end up somewhere remote. If I’m not planning on a night out then in just take the essentials. In the Alps mostly didn’t bother because I always knew I should be able to get back to the van.

@germantobon5498 Жыл бұрын

Would you mind taking us through your flyskyhy instrument elements? Thank you

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

I'll put it on the list!

@daniel.muszkiet Жыл бұрын

hej nice Video! What programm do you use for those nice 3d maps animation? for example 0:03 - 0:10 ?

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

It’s google earth studio

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

And after effects

@bentownsend4017 Жыл бұрын

hey man, some questions: how much practice does it take to become a capable XC paraglider? and is it risky/impractical to make paragliding trips like this in more remote regions such as peru or the himalaya?

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Hey mate! Bit of a difficult question to answer to be honest because it’s very subjective to the person. Some people take it up faster than others, some take more risk than others. Paragliding is super dependant on the weather so as long as the weather conditions are good and your ability to make sensible decisions regarding risk is good you can use it to access some pretty remote places that make it far more practical than walking for example.

@ivanshacks Жыл бұрын

Greetings, which application are you using on your cell phone? Your flight record? Thank you

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

It’s FlySkyHy, it’s only available on iPhone

@kiwigecko1 Жыл бұрын

Coming back to NZ Ben.??

@BenjaminKellett Жыл бұрын

Yeah been back in NZ since September! The flying has been good (if you discount the last few weeks 😅)

@martinmuller5352 11 ай бұрын

Was Basel TMA T3 Sector not active on that day?

@BenjaminKellett 11 ай бұрын

Exactly

@martinmuller5352 11 ай бұрын

@@BenjaminKellett Lucky you! That’s unfortunately quite rare nowadays!

@mmmmkkk Жыл бұрын

as nice as this video is, and the flight as well, I think saying out loud that you're not checking the airspaces or straight ignoring them, especially CTRs, is in a pretty bad teste. I can understand you don't agree with those airspaces being there, you simply don't care. But many flying areas have a very delicate arrangement with local authorities and some have been closed for paragliding exactly because of such attitude. So regardless of what you do in your flights, please at least keep such comments to yourself. You're flying well, you have 5k subscribers, so clearly many people look up to you as a mentor, please use it responsibly.