Rider: David Cachon
Launching herself off at 5500m with her wingsuit illuminated, more than 1200m above the summit of Grand Combin in the Swiss Alps, Geraldine Fasnacht defines once again the extreme of free falling.
At this altitude, the air is thin and therefore it is hard to breath, but also hard to fly due to the reduced density. To add some complexity to the project, Géraldine decided to do this very technical jump at dawn, before the first beams of the sun hit the top of the 4000m peaks.
The temperature is -20°C. and down in the valleys it is still damn dark. When she launches from the helicopter, with the wingsuit illuminated, she flies like a little butterfly among the giant glaciers of the Alps below. Just a small white dot is visible, cruising at full speed through the night.
WASHINGTON — A House committee is expected to approve controversial legislation Wednesday that would open all federal wilderness, including almost 15 million acres in California, to mountain bikes.
The bill by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove (Sacramento County) would amend the 1964 Wilderness Act, which specifically bans “mechanical transport,” to allow bicycles on 109 million acres of designated wilderness that constitute some of the most remote and undisturbed areas of the country.
McClintock, chairman of the House Natural Resources panel on public lands, said the bill would “help restore public access to public land.” … More