Blowing Up St Helens

April 27, 2017 9:51 AM

It took ten years of waiting for the right conditions, but on April 21, Aaron Sales made the 3,150-foot ascent to the rim of Mt. St Helens in a record-setting 35 minutes...using a kite. He also made a 200-foot, 40-second snow kite jump.
posted by gottabefunky (6 comments total)

I wouldn't have thought so, but 40 seconds is long enough for me to watch, get bored, keep watching, get bored again, and finish watching the jump.

Super cool.
posted by Phredward at 10:04 AM on April 27, 2017 [1 favorite]

I had a skateboard in junior high school, but I never got close to 40 seconds of air. I bet they are having a ton of fun out there.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 10:47 AM on April 27, 2017

phredward, for me, I totally would hav
posted by ambrosen at 11:17 AM on April 27, 2017

I've been up to the rim twice. It's a hell of a hike. This is the way to do it.
posted by not_the_water at 11:27 AM on April 27, 2017

Loved the faint "WOOO" off in the distance near the end of that flight.
posted by aniola at 12:08 PM on April 27, 2017

Awesome. Thanks for sharing this!
posted by LURK at 11:29 PM on April 27, 2017