If we care, we share. Stories like this could save other pilots from injury or worse. Thanks for sharing and congratulations for overcoming...

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

There are 2 types of HG pilots: Those that broke an arm, and those that will still break one. Welcome to the club and thanks for sharing! 😃

@erikajklein

6 күн бұрын

😂😅 thank you!!

Thank you Erika! Stoked for you for having stuck the landing and for sharing and encouraging others to share their mistakes!

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks Daniel!!

Sorry you went through that, but delighted you are bravely recovering.

Way to get back out there and stay positive. And congrats on placing top 10 :)

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Great video, Erika! Way to overcome fear after an accident. I've been there too and I know how scary it can be, but it feels sooo good to overcome it and keep at it.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks Ephi!

Thank you for sharing your journey in flying! You’re so right, many pilots refuse to talk about their mistakes publicly and we can’t learn from each other if we’re too busy protecting our egos. Flying is amazing, scary, it can be dangerous, but we love it and still try to take the least amount of risk based on our skills and knowledge. I get nervous about big days and new sites as well. It’s nice to see someone else not pretending to be fearless. Healthy levels of fears keep us alive.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

I agree! I want to be positive but at the same time, a) it can be hard and b) I feel like being overly positive sometimes ignores the fear and danger that can help keep us safe. It’s a tough balance. Appreciate the honesty from you too 😊

Great job! Thanks for sharing! Congrats on conquering your fear! 🙌

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Oh my God, what a coincidence. In this very moment I recovering after I have broken my left hand of course because a little high hang glider landing. I had in the last moment up draft and I didn't let the glider to bleed out the energy accordingly. I have my arm fixed for six weeks, but I am worried about how will be able to start to fly again and when? God luck to you and I hope your incident will pass away without any inconvenience and hopefully will learn from this. 😊

Awesome video! Great job overcoming your fear.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks Cory!

Nice success story, congrats on overcoming that situation!

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

I wish you always success in every competition, take all possible precautions to keep yourself safe Don't want you to get hurt❤❤❤❤

Inspirational video, thank you

I love this story! Always learn from your mistakes.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great Video Erika!!! i can relate. this reminded me of when my rock climbing partner dropped me while being lowered :) took me one year to trust anyone to belay me again !!

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yess I bet!!

I agree a broken bone definitely gets your attention. I broke my leg in 2011 and it has definitely had an effect on my landings. Looks like your working though it. Nice landing! 😊

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Hopefully it just makes our landings better after 😊

Good job mate ❤

@erikajklein

25 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

Nailed that landing, and great psychology

Thank you for sharing

You got heart. Id be nervous without a parachute

@erikajklein

11 күн бұрын

Thanks! We do carry parachutes in case of emergencies 🙂

Olá Erika, parabéns, aqui no Brasil temos uma forma de expressar sua história, dizendo *"que você deu uma volta por cima..."* , não sei como isso fica no tradutor para você, então escrevo em português, mas, literalmente você voou muito alto e venceu. Desde que acompanho seu canal vejo um grande controle de vôo e excelentes aproximações e a parada com 3 pontos ou poucos passos. Sucesso e divirta-se no céu...

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words ☺️

All subscribed. Thanks for sharing.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

Oh my God .. amazing 😍

Hi from Brasil! Watching your videos we see tha you have total control of the wing. A great pilot.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

Revisted the accident site like a veteran going back to Normandy Beach lmao Drama

Epic!

Good video (content and edit 👍), Erika.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks Alex!

Hey that was good video! And I think we all get scared at some point. Last year in October I had my scariest flight to date. I got sucked into mountain wave at 5K, punched through cloud base at 2500 feet per minute and climb rate didn’t slow down until 7.8K which came in less than a minute. I thought the glider would break apart mid air! The ride and ride down/out of a wave is like a tumble weed.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Thanks! That sounds terrifying 😬 Was it hard to fly again after that, or okay because it sounds like a unique event?

@BariFPV

Ай бұрын

@@erikajklein it was an experience for sure. I was 4K over the LZ when I decided to hang around a little longer because the lift was so smooth better than glass off until it started cooking. I made an interesting observation though the clouds which form at top of the wave peak they are stationary even in +45 mph winds. I only fly on the weekends so I was back the next weekend. I saw a few of your videos with landings after this video and I have said before you have such nimble control don’t know why landings scare you. If I could do speed runs and landings all day I’d do them. I land with Half VG. The glider does such a crisp stall, don’t know why it hasn’t caught on.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

@@BariFPV that’s insane. Not sure that’s an observation you want to make again 😅😆 And thanks, the fear inspired the practice that helped give me that control haha. Now I’m just mainly scared because if I do mess up and/or am unlucky, the plate in my arm means it would break at my elbow or shoulder which would be very painful and difficult to recover from. But taking the plate out is a major surgery with its own risks so…just trying to fly as safely as I can

@BariFPV

Ай бұрын

@@erikajklein haha I’d like to validate my observation. I already scoped a day when there was a chance of mountain wave forming but it was too high and I couldn’t get in it. Risk keeps things in check, if we don’t think about it then we would surely have a lapse of judgment but at the same time shouldn’t let it get in the way. Like my last flight where I got in a rotor from Lee side and sank so fast I couldn’t make it to the LZ from above the power lines but went right under them lol

0:30 why are you looking past the camera and not into it? lol it's kind of adorable, but I'm curious as to why...

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

Reading my notes 😂 I was going to try for a better take overall but ran out of time and needed to just publish this video haha

@weeb3277

Ай бұрын

😅😅😅

Nice video and explanation. I have a similar story but I didn't break my arm as severe as yours broke my radius at the wrist Early in the game with my third flight on my brand new glider back in the ' late '70s. I don't think it affected me much though because it was early in the game. I flew quite a bit and I was probably not a great pilot but I was better at crashing and wasted a couple control bars and deflectors and even bent heart bolt without even getting hurt. That's all I could say. That was an excellent crasher. Good luck in the future. You're a great pilot.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

That makes sense. Always better to break the frame than yourself if possible 😅 Thanks for sharing your story!

❤ 👌 🤗

Once you break your arm it's illegal to fly in Utah. This is the law of the Mormons. Questioning it is a felony.

@erikajklein

Ай бұрын

😂😂 they’re gonna have to catch me I guess hahaha

Where else can we follow you?

@erikajklein

11 күн бұрын

Instagram mainly, also TikTok, all the same username ☺️ thank you!

Can I enjoy it

I want you to win every competition and be successful. Take special care of climate change and health❤❤❤

Nicz1

Please stop breaking your sh… bones thank you and praise the lord

“Pilot” shut up you ain’t no pilot

@erikajklein

8 күн бұрын

What should we call ourselves then 🤔 we’re not “hang gliders,” that’s the aircraft 😉