Outdoors Magazine
Video: Hang Gliding Off Half Dome (Circa 1977)
Posted on the 14 April 2016 by Kungfujedi @Kungfujedi
This short documentary was shot back in 1977 but it only now making its way out to the public. It chronicles the flight of three men – Rich Piccirilli, Jim Hanbury, and Brian Johnson – from the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Mid-flight Hanbury and Johnson release themselves from the hang glider and freefall to the valley floor below. This is a wonderful, nostalgic look back at a very different era in world of outdoor adventure. But it is lots of fun nonetheless.
HALF DOME! (1977) from Randy Forbes on Vimeo.
