Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Team Kiwi: Hamish Foster, Evan Lamberton, Nick Francis-Stead, Ross Johnston, Gareth Wheeler, Kris Ericksen, Jeff Ripley, Grey Hamilton, Alex Behse, Richard Castro
Rain at Beechmont
Linda briefing the pilots
Hinchcliffes launch
Linda
Beechmont
Flying Fox valley
Nick and Hamish
Lake Moogera
Going free flying...
Hugo Brighouse
Stewie the driver
Reverse angle parking in Beaudesert
Scenic Rim - Lamington National Park
Burn-off (but no thermals)
Lucy Hewlett
Dodgy wiring in New Delhi
Red Mosque, with Red Fort through the haze....
Kris, with his legs covered....
Diwali decorations
Cobra
The snakes were apparently "defanged"....
Spicy red dried peppers at the spice market
Dried spices
Rock salt
Prayers have just finished
Outside the spice market
Monkeys in the powerlines....
Rahul, our rickshaw driver, and Lucy
Lucy at check-in at New Delhi domestic airport
I love the by-line....
Boarding the flight to Dharamsala
Dharamsala airport
Wedding party tent being erected at the Colenal's place (where we are staying)
Lucy at Billing launch
We top landed at the "golf course", and these children tending cattle came out and helped with our equipment
Matts carrying his wing
"Golf Course"
Lucy coming in to land
Peter Allison
Phil Hystek
Moths
Goats on the road up to launch
Flying towards 360 Camp
Lucy flying
Welcoming committee at Galu Village on 27 Oct
Building foundation for a concrete slab
Near Bir
Sheep & goats
Flour miller in the gorge up from Bir (28 Oct)
Flour miller out in the sunshine!
Mill house
Slate roof
Fleshy ground "flowers"
Road construction workers
Moths at the Colonel's Hotel
Flo - French paraglider pilot on his Enfield
Julian setting up fireworks for Diwali (28 Oct 2008)
Aftermath! The "string thing" is an incredibly loud banger - in NZ you'd need an explosives licence to set these things off!
Launch - 29 Oct
Tibetian buddists
Looking NW from launch
On glide....
Himalayan Griffen Vulture
Crash site on ridge in shade - middle left side of "flat" bit in the centre
Himalayan sunset from near Dharamsala
Looking SE - note strong inversion
Inversion
Steve, Ko and Dave from Central Otago
Phil sorting lines....
Phil Hystek's lines - tangled from top landing for Lucy
"Unemployed Taxi Operators Union" - what they mean is "Independent Contractors".... English as she is mangled in India!!
Billing launch from the air
Tibetian colony at Bir
Indian restaurant
Ornate light in Indian restaurant
Note lack of balcony on stairs up to restaurant!
Amy & Gary
Palpung Sherabling Buddhist retreat
Lion guarding entrance
Wall painting
Inner courtyard
Taxi fleet - Suzuki Maruti 800s
Peak behind Billing launch
Phil, Bernie and Peter
Peter
Phil (top) and Peter
Phil
Billing launch
Above Billing
Bir through the haze....
Obama victory speech
Audience at "Friends Shop"
Spot the inversion....
Nova wing....
Thermaling with HGVs
HGV!!
Afternoon flight...
Tandem landing
Tandem landing at main landing area
Camp 360 in distance
Camp 360 and launch area
360 ridge
Welcoming committee at Pili
Bullock plowman talking on mobile phone!!
Lalit Kumar's family - I had tea with them after landing my paraglider in a nearby field
Roadside grass
Prayer flags above the take-off hill
Sun through prayer flags
Prayer flag
Kris in flight
Ozzie Chris
Bernie, Lucy & Peter (in Chris's room)
Lucy
Bernie, Chris & Peter
Peter & Bernie about to leave for the airport....
The best hospital in India apparently!
Lucy doing physio exercises
Wiating for physio....
New Delhi newspaper advert!
New Delhi newspaper advert
The "view" from Lucy's window....
Lucy departing for the airport...
Loading into the ambulance
Sorting out Chris's wing in the basement cafeteria
Marble floors in the hospital - indeed EVERYTHING was marble....
Kingfisher beer!!
Chris leaving for the airport
About to be loaded into the ambulance
In the ambulance
At the international airport....
Caucus mountains
At Munich airport in transit
Sunset over Arhus, Denmark
Crossing on the ferry between Jutland and Zealand
Family gathering at Stine's
Uncle Hans and Susanne
Annette
Kevin
The extended family!
Pira
Knudsen's
At Louisiana
Susanne
Moire effect
Circles
Copenhagen metro
Jonas
Rikke & Kris
Kris & Jonas
Smoking cabin at Copenhagen airport
Advert at Copenhagen airport
Sea lions!
View of Empire State Building from Mott St, outside Dale and Tama's apartment
Dale & Tama's apartment, 150 Mott St. Red brick building on right
Road works, New York
A line to JFK
Security at the Delta terminal
Clouds - flying to Raleigh
Jeannette at Triple Creek Ranch
Jeannette with donkey and horse
Jeannette trying to stay warm
Longhorn cow
Autumn leaves
Trees at Triple Creek
Kris trying to stay warm
Michael taking photos of Kris in front of a covered bridge
Michael & Kris
Manchester, Vermont (part of this hotel was built before NZ was discovered!)
A quote by Thomas Jefferson....
Hollie and Michael's house
One of Hollie's horses
New York state government office buildings in Albany
View of State legislature - this building cost $25M in the 19th century!!
Artwork inside the NY state complex...
Stonework inside the state government building
Stairwell
Outside the State Senate Chamber....
Mike @ MassMOCA
Thanks Giving dinner with the McNeils
Thanks Giving dinner....
Cambridge, New York State
Cambridge church
Albany, NY
Mike & Dale in Albany, NY
New York Capital building, Albany
War of Independance battle site
New York building
Another New York building!
Brooklyn Bridge
American flag on Brooklyn Bridge
View from Brooklyn Bridge
Kris on Brooklyn Bridge - downtown NY in background
Looking hairy and needing a shave!!
