Greetings All, This incident happened over 25 years ago and involved a group
of 5 kites each with a potential lift of a couple of hundred pounds.
Actually no wrists were broken or anything else (except my illusion of
control) for that matter, however, severe sprains of the wrists did occur
when I impacted the ground.. When one flies a kite that generates 1000
pounds of lift or more one must be very careful lest one be lifted off the
ground. These particular kites, dual line parafoils, are steerable and can
be managed if no gusts or sudden changes in wind direction occurred. Also a
large open area is required.
Similar kites are now used for powering inline skaters with a death wish and
ocean kayakers and even larger boats and ships. Google them.
Rune
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From: "Don Cooper" <wavyca...@gmail.com>
To: "Ted Samsel" <tbsam...@infionline.net>
Cc: <gi...@att.net>; <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Dangers of golfing
Sure people get killed playing Golf. Hundreds die of heart attacks
every year out on the fairway.
Remember the movie 'Falling Down' with Michel Douglas's line: "Now
you're going to die wearing those stupid clothes! And all I wanted to
do is walk across your golf course!"
Please Elaborate how Rune broke his wrists flying a kite! I'm
thinking it from falling down, not from anything a kite did, right?
-WaV
On Nov 2, 2007 5:53 AM, Ted Samsel <tbsam...@infionline.net> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
>From: gi...@att.net
>Sent: Nov 1, 2007 6:36 PM
>To: texascavers@texascavers.com
>Subject: [Texascavers] Dangers of golfing
>
>
>
>-------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: "Minton, Mark" <mmin...@nmhu.edu>
>> Lyndon Tiu said:
>> >People get injured or killed playing golf?!
>>
>> Killed probably not, but injured, sure.
>> Mark Minton
>
>A lot of golfers get killed every year by lightning. I don't know about
>kite flyers.
>
Rune Burnett broke both wrists flying a kite once. This was like 25 years
ago..
T.
http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/
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