I want people to be amazed at our world to see things that they didn’t know
to see things that they didn’t know
to see things that they didn’t know existed and to be excited enthusiastic
existed and to be excited enthusiastic
existed and to be excited enthusiastic about about our planet I mean I kind of
about about our planet I mean I kind of
about about our planet I mean I kind of a breakthrough about 15 years ago when I
a breakthrough about 15 years ago when I
a breakthrough about 15 years ago when I started flying this crazy ultralight and
started flying this crazy ultralight and
started flying this crazy ultralight and it gave me a way to see the world in a
it gave me a way to see the world in a
it gave me a way to see the world in a way that I don’t think it really been
way that I don’t think it really been
way that I don’t think it really been seen before it’s the world’s lightest
seen before it’s the world’s lightest
seen before it’s the world’s lightest and slowest aircraft kind of like a big
and slowest aircraft kind of like a big
and slowest aircraft kind of like a big leaf blower with a with like a kite
leaf blower with a with like a kite
leaf blower with a with like a kite overhead and you squeeze the throttle
overhead and you squeeze the throttle
overhead and you squeeze the throttle you run like health and is this like
you run like health and is this like
you run like health and is this like there’s nothing there’s no fuselage
there’s nothing there’s no fuselage
there’s nothing there’s no fuselage nothing hold on to here in a harness and
nothing hold on to here in a harness and
nothing hold on to here in a harness and you’re just strapped into this you know
you’re just strapped into this you know
you’re just strapped into this you know loud motor and it’s it’s quite it’s
loud motor and it’s it’s quite it’s
loud motor and it’s it’s quite it’s quite frightening and then you get back
quite frightening and then you get back
quite frightening and then you get back in the grenade oh I want to do that
in the grenade oh I want to do that
in the grenade oh I want to do that again
again
again I like being kind of low and slow it
I like being kind of low and slow it
I like being kind of low and slow it renders the world differently you can
renders the world differently you can
renders the world differently you can see in the distance but you see the
see in the distance but you see the
see in the distance but you see the people and the cars you see the world
people and the cars you see the world
people and the cars you see the world three dimensionally even very many
three dimensionally even very many
three dimensionally even very many differences in position I can get a very
differences in position I can get a very
differences in position I can get a very different feeling in a picture I get
different feeling in a picture I get
different feeling in a picture I get kind of fearless with a camera I’ll go
kind of fearless with a camera I’ll go
kind of fearless with a camera I’ll go on a goal places that I would never be
on a goal places that I would never be
on a goal places that I would never be able to get to without it it’s it’s my
able to get to without it it’s it’s my
able to get to without it it’s it’s my um excuse to go explore the world I want
um excuse to go explore the world I want
um excuse to go explore the world I want to go further I want to see what’s over
to go further I want to see what’s over
to go further I want to see what’s over the next hill even places I’ve been
the next hill even places I’ve been
the next hill even places I’ve been before you go back and it’s like peeling
before you go back and it’s like peeling
before you go back and it’s like peeling an onion you can peel back layers of
an onion you can peel back layers of
an onion you can peel back layers of things and see them in a different way I
things and see them in a different way I
things and see them in a different way I went stood a story on um on the Sonora
went stood a story on um on the Sonora
went stood a story on um on the Sonora Desert and I went down this one little
Desert and I went down this one little
Desert and I went down this one little road in Mexico must have been down that
road in Mexico must have been down that
road in Mexico must have been down that road like a dozen times and every time I
road like a dozen times and every time I
road like a dozen times and every time I went down I saw different things
went down I saw different things
went down I saw different things I just kept finding different ways
I just kept finding different ways
I just kept finding different ways looking at it and it was just endlessly
looking at it and it was just endlessly
looking at it and it was just endlessly wonderful I believe in perspiration over
wonderful I believe in perspiration over
wonderful I believe in perspiration over inspiration when I really take pride in
inspiration when I really take pride in
inspiration when I really take pride in to the ones that really they’re really
to the ones that really they’re really
to the ones that really they’re really difficult to get they’re really the hard
difficult to get they’re really the hard
difficult to get they’re really the hard fought battles you have to go and you
fought battles you have to go and you
fought battles you have to go and you have to look and look and look I mean
have to look and look and look I mean
have to look and look and look I mean you look at ten things if I won that
you look at ten things if I won that
you look at ten things if I won that works and when you really extend
works and when you really extend
works and when you really extend yourself to the very limit of what was
yourself to the very limit of what was
yourself to the very limit of what was possible and you got something special
possible and you got something special
possible and you got something special that’s that’s a great moment when you go
that’s that’s a great moment when you go
that’s that’s a great moment when you go out and sometimes things aren’t exactly
out and sometimes things aren’t exactly
out and sometimes things aren’t exactly how you want them to be and yet to res
how you want them to be and yet to res
how you want them to be and yet to res one well that’s just how they are I’m
one well that’s just how they are I’m
one well that’s just how they are I’m not here to create the world I’m here to
not here to create the world I’m here to
not here to create the world I’m here to document it many times I’ve taken a
document it many times I’ve taken a
document it many times I’ve taken a picture and say jeez you know if it only
picture and say jeez you know if it only
picture and say jeez you know if it only the Sun was a little bit brighter or
the Sun was a little bit brighter or
the Sun was a little bit brighter or these clouds are really a problem and
these clouds are really a problem and
these clouds are really a problem and sometimes I’ve gone back you know like
sometimes I’ve gone back you know like
sometimes I’ve gone back you know like three or four or five times and I’ll
three or four or five times and I’ll
three or four or five times and I’ll finally get it on a sunny day and said
finally get it on a sunny day and said
finally get it on a sunny day and said jeez you know was more Nursing one was
jeez you know was more Nursing one was
jeez you know was more Nursing one was cloudy you have to look at what’s in
cloudy you have to look at what’s in
cloudy you have to look at what’s in front of you make it make the best what
front of you make it make the best what
front of you make it make the best what you got
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