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luke
Since 06 Jul 2005
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 Tue May 27, 14 5:43 am Huge day with a snowkite |
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One of our snowkite buddies, Johann Civel, just kited an amazing session a couple of weeks ago in the French Alps. Kite up, ski down. Check out these numbers recorded by the kitetracker app:
10 hour session. 87 miles traveled. 6 or so different summits. Top speed of 45 mph.
And, the really big number:
Total vertical ascended: 50,505 feet.
Yeah basically equivalent to 2 Mt. Everest summits - from sea level. Another way to look at it: imagine kiting from the base camp at Everest to the summit 6 times in one 10-hour session.
Up in Alaska we charge hard to put in 20,000 vertical in a day kiting.
In comparison, a big day heli-skiing is 25,000 vertical in a day.
50,505 feet in a day is just awesome and will open up a lot of minds to what can be done with a kite.
Great job Johann.
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lewmt
Since 04 Aug 2010
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| Tue May 27, 14 8:13 am |
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50K vertical is spectacular! I've managed 20K once but bottom to top ascents were running 3-500 ft. I was totally thrashed when I was done. Must have been an incredible day w/all the stars aligned to achieve that #. Amazing! 
Of course having Johanns skills is a big plus
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Wind Slither
Since 04 Mar 2005
2623 Posts
The 503
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| Tue May 27, 14 3:08 pm |
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Wow. 
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bdennis
Since 01 Jun 2007
50 Posts
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| Tue May 27, 14 4:56 pm |
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| totally amazing!!!! this is like a new frontier for humanity. Kites rule!
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jackZ
Since 13 Apr 2008
355 Posts
Devon Alberta ca.
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| Tue May 27, 14 8:28 pm snowawesome |
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 Wow
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