viva nepal!

>> ^silvercord:
It's called parahawking: http://www.videosift.com/video/Skydiving-With-Hawks-In-Nepal


I'm not sure it is, since you linked to paragliding and hawks and that's not what this is about.

Regardless, I'm curious whether they had the bird follow the plane during the entire climb (tiring), or whether they threw the bird out of a moving aircraft (potentially terrifying).

Also, let's continue this trend with other animals. I nominate Octopuses.

It's called parahawking: http://www.videosift.com/video/Skydiving-With-Hawks-In-Nepal

There once was a man from Nepal
Whose wife was exceedingly tall
Reaching her pussy was a trick
But he had a ten-foot dick
So he didn't need a ladder after all.

I thought of your camera work when I saw this. Thought you might like:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Skydiving-With-Hawks-In-Nepal

Parahawking involves skydiving while specially-trained birds of prey swarm around you, including vultures, eagles, and falcons. It’s available in Nepal courtesy of a bird rescue group called Himalayan Raptor Rescue. Hypothetically, it should lead to a superior paragliding experience:

Birds of prey have a natural instinct to conserve energy wherever and whenever possible. During a flight, a bird will burn more energy than it would if it was just sitting in a tree, this means it has to eat to replace the used energy. Sometimes birds will travel long distances to find food. To conserve energy whilst flying, birds of prey use thermals. Thermals are rising currents of warm air that are created by the sun heating the ground. Birds can gain height and travel long distances without flapping their wings by using thermals. Paragliders also use thermals when they are flying and will often use wild birds to guide them to where the thermals are. Our trained birds are no different, they will find the thermals in order to stay aloft and conserve energy whilst flying. We as paragliders harness their ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.

Our birds need to be rewarded for guiding us into the thermals. During the flight the passenger will place small morsels of meat onto his gloved hand, the birds will come and gently land on the hand to take the food, and then gracefully fly away to find the next thermal. A perfect symbiotic relationship.

This tandem aerial sport was first developed in 2001, and since then it has joined climbing Mt. Everest and going to that monkey temple as a must-do for anyone visiting Nepal. $150 buys you a 30 minute glide through Parahawking.com.

only time will tell if I'll allow
the scenery around to eat me alive

I want to sleep for weeks like a dog at her feet
even though I know it won't work out in the long run
so I burn down the walls, breathe like a shadow
those arms I once knew hold me like ghosts
I learn how to speak forgotten language
I fall in the sea but forget how to swim

When anything that's anything becomes nothing that's everything
and nothing is the only thing you ever seem to have

but only time will tell if I'll allow
the scenery around to eat me alive

I want to sleep for weeks like a dog at her feet
even though I know it won't work out in the long run
so I burn down Nepal, breathe like a shadow
those arms I once knew hold me like ghosts
I learn how to speak defeated language
I fall in the street as I howl at the moon

When anything that's anything becomes nothing that's everything
and nothing is the only thing you ever seem to have

Tags for this video have been changed from 'NOVA, tibet, buddhism, temple, restoration, paintings' to 'NOVA, tibet, buddhism, temple, restoration, paintings, mustang, lo manthang, nepal' - edited by my15minutes

Legacy100's raving immediately became irrelevant when an entire continent of 53 unique countries was compared to 3 cherry picked countries in Asia. Do I need to remind you that some of these gems of economic development also fall under the Asian designation . . . Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, East Timor, The Maldives, Nepal, Yemen, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, etc.

There are deep and complex structural problems in Africa. Every country is unique but the exploitation of natural resources and labour is pretty universal.

Why not try reading "Bitter Chocolate" by Carol Off. It chronicles the exploitation of cocoa by large western corporations in the Ivory Coast, just 1 unique story in a bouquet of 53.

Westerners should stop pointing fingers at Africa while they stuff their mouths full of chocolate tempered on the back of bitter exploitative conditions on a continent they know NOTHING about.

Another thing I love about this clip: De Niro's second, more laid-back, "you blew it", just to rub it in. Good stuff. If this doesn't get sifted I'm losing all faith in humanity and moving to a monastery in Nepal.

Thanks, also for your promote..the 2 hour long VJ mix got more attention:)

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
Thanks v. much!

In reply to this comment by Eklek:
*promote

Thanks v. much!

In reply to this comment by Eklek:
*promote

2min in with no mention of "Nepal", I was waiting for a Rick Roll.

So, what's the deal? Have the videos been switched?

Why doesn't Stephanopoulos even noticed that Hadley said Nepal instead of Tibet? There is some great journalism there. I got the sense that neither of they guys really no what they are talking about, or care for that matter.

jonny: i'm sorry, but it seems usa was involved in most of the dirty international politics this past century and the bush/cheney administration's actions last 8 years certainly don't disprove that point

farhad2000: We could also add Romania, Pakistan, Nepal...