where is the line drawn between pushing the envelope/higher tolerance for risk versus just being plain stupid?
I remember a day at Torrey pines (relatively mellow ridge soaring paragliding site in San Diego, CA) paragliding where the wind was slightly cross to the ridge and a bit gusty. We all chose to sit it out and I eventually left after 3 hours. Shortly thereafter, the world looping champion said screw it (tired of waiting), launched, and promptly spun into the cliff, breaking his back.
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