Why bother walking in the mountains!

[Hoy]

It is a fast descent! You'll miss the plants though

http://www.vgtv.no/#!/video/60965/dokumentar-dreamlines

(Moderator note:  link edited to become active link)

[Gene Mirro]

So they don't collect seeds and cuttings on the way down?

[Hoy]

Obviously not. Can't see any bags or secateurs They're close enough anyway

[McDonough]

To answer the title of this post, the reason to walk in the mountains, is not to flaunt a death-wish flying down a mountain like Rocky the squirrel. (google "Rocky and Bullwinkle" if you don't know the reference)

[Hoy]

I have no wish at all to do anything like it but it fascinate me that somebody actually do such things.

[RickR]

....like Rocky the squirrel

When I was a kid, I had a nickname: Rock.  It was short for Rocky the Flying Squirrel because I was up in the trees all the time.

No attempts at acrobatics, though, except when jumping to the ground!

[McDonough]

When I was a kid, I had a nickname: Rock.  It was short for Rocky the Flying Squirrel because I was up in the trees all the time.

Too funny.  Eventually your nickname transitioned into Rock, short for "Rock Gardener" 

By the way, this topic appears as a sequel to:
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=893.0

[IMYoung]

Crazy ! I only just recovered from the last film.......

I suppose the reason the human flying squirrels have those smoke cans attached to their legs is so they can be found (and the bodies retrieved )  more easily when they smash into a tree or a cliff?  

[RickR]

That thought came across my mind, too....

[IMYoung]

That thought came across my mind, too....

Oh good.... I think we can consider ourselves practical  rather than pessimistic, huh?!! 

[Hoy]

Crazy ! I only just recovered from the last film.......

I suppose the reason the human flying squirrels have those smoke cans attached to their legs is so they can be found (and the bodies retrieved )  more easily when they smash into a tree or a cliff?  

Not much to find if they hit anything. But their friends will know where to build a cairn in memory

[IMYoung]

Crazy ! I only just recovered from the last film.......

I suppose the reason the human flying squirrels have those smoke cans attached to their legs is so they can be found (and the bodies retrieved )  more easily when they smash into a tree or a cliff?  

Not much to find if they hit anything. But their friends will know where to build a cairn in memory

 Yes, Trond- that is a very practical idea.