European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Nes Gasser shows his route up 1,500 face of Corcovado at Rio de Janeiro. Hool but we have had some accidents such As a in he attributes the Rise in accidents in the Alps to k people with less know ledge venturing into the unt Ains. Gasser says people think that if they to Good equipment that is All they need. Years ago people went into the mountains wearing Tong kind or shoes and that was the cause of a lot of Knis. Now people have Pood equipment but they n l Learned the ways or the Alps. They learn swim i. Pilicy learn Tennis they learn Ever thing but they learn How to go in the Alps. They think it s easy think they can do in if they have the right equip but that s not True. I l important to learn the basics things like in funding the changes in the weather and How la Cross Sec these they should learn in a school. Pc a papers radio and to should do More to Tell in Tibout the dangers of Kaiser although nearing 50. Still dues a lot of climb he lays the most difficult ice and Rock climb he Ever Oas to the Peak of Switzerland s of Bianco. It was tint Lime anyone had climbed in and the ascent in cd scaling a 1,000-Melcr-High ice Wall in order to h the 3,000-Mctcr Peak. The most difficult technical climb he Ever made 11 one that grabbed the attention of the Mountain Ting world to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain scaling North face of Sugarloaf Mountain Shadow is of a helicopter from which this photo was taken. Liliu world fan if landmark guarding the Harbor of kit do Jum Iru. Iassc and three other austrian climber the partly met lunging North . I Neil Gasser and his Par by climbed in nearly eight years ago. The i 00-foot face frustrated the world s in i climber fur 05 . Because of its overhang i i the maps presents Lull difficult a says Gasser. I he climb took eight Days the men Hung in slings and Vclav seats Lor 20 to 2.1 hours at a stretch. Since in is below the Equator everything is backwards ilk res. The North face they were climbing instead of hem shaded Asil would been North of the Equator received direct sunlight. The average daily temperature was s5 degrees when Gasser and his party weren t baking during the Day. They were drenched by to Apical Rains including one 15-hour downpour that nearly drowned them in water washing off the face. The 2 to 2 hours a night they slept is seem in hammocks. By the Lime they went Over the lop. Their hands were puffed like prunes from water immersion and their bodies were dehydrated like Fried Bacon the lira milians loved the slum and invited Gasser and his parly to return to climb the Corcovado. A a 0-loot face with a 145-foot-High statue of Christ arms extended on its Summit. This they did in eight Days in i97-4. Gasser has taught and guided Mountain troops for More than 25 years. He series As an expert witness for the provincial Justice department on cases involving litigation in Mountain related accidents and has been head instructor for the Tyrol Mountain Rescue service. Additionally he has served As chairman of the cider Alion of mountaineering schools led several andean expeditions written a number of textbooks on Rescue opera Lions Ami authored a number of books on hiking and about his expeditions. Lie is married and the father of four Chad in " i lies All go in the mountains they Are All his dream is to Lead an expedition to Tihel and plans for the expedition have Chen in the works for the last two years. It s set to Lake place from match to june of next year although Gasser has climbed several 7.000-Mcier-High peaks in the Andes he no desire to climb one of the Himalaya s real biggies like a Crest. In does t interest me to climb something just because it is High. 1 want to make expeditions to places where there Are people and to gel to know Despic All his other claims to Fame. Crasser s specially is his most impressive achievement saving people in Trou ble in the mountains. To Date. Gasser is credited with saving 200 people and recovering the bodies of 90 others who were less fortunate. Vide additional drag kill Tosh tendencies in tight. In Box kites Horl zonal surfaces provide Mil. While vertical surfaces provide stability principles from the Parachute and Wing. Rive la Bible Kiles stability and Maneule ability j wings i led i which Ful air Pocock nig and 3 to 20 tiled to Eslyn Ilia Kry s lability i of the flown at the proper Angle More lifting capability. It was immediately nut to use deploying meteorological instruments. And from their experiments with Klucs Wright Brothers developed the. Idea for the biplane Wing which they incorporated in the first powered air Rall to by in 1903 at Kilty Hawk Marconi s first trans Atlantic wireless pcs Sage was received in Newfoundland through an Aerial carried High Imo the air by a hexagonal Kite. Alexander Graham hell inventor of the Telephone and an Active experimenter with Kiles irid for several years to develop an improved air plane based on the principles of a Large Kite that looked like a giant honeycomb. Him no one was convinced that it is an improvement Over Lite Wright biplane. The air plane and balloon All but grounded the kill As anything but a not until after would War ii were Mihcic any Sigli june 12, 1980 cant innovations in Kite technology and the most important of these were made by Francis m. Rogallo and Domina c. loan idea of flexible wings thai had been around since Leonardo a Vinci. Rogallo of the govern ment s Langley research Center in developed the hex Ikic in i my. It was a wedding of Kne. Parachute and air plane Wing leading to whal is known today As the Roi allo Wing or parading. In flight it looks Ike two grail rapping wings extending irom a Central keel and Usu nhe parading were of Suong. Inn plastic and tested for carrying people and cargo soon after sputnik i. The National aeronautics and spice administration had Rogallo develop a Para my of Tusk in controlling the re entry and splashdown of since capsules. Though in was More Mancus Brablc. Us lost Oul to the Standard Eanox Type Parachute. Cd. Was soon Adap cd for smaller a Are also flown As kites their flexible shapes adaptable to Many kinds of weather and wind. In the 1960 s. Alberl. Another Kite enthusiast got the idea for the parafoil. Sometimes known As the flying mattress. In shape in is More like an air plane Wing than a Kile or Parachute. Air flowing Inlo cell along the leading Edge inflate the plastic or Nylon Wing Inlo an air foil shape with excellent lifting Power. The editor of Kile i Inis Valerie Novig of Haiti More said that Slung filing is perhaps the newest trend among american killers. At festivals and other gatherings to of petitions not unlike olympic figure skating meets Are held and participants Pul their specially designed saunters through such patterns As clockwise and counterclockwise loops figure eights vertically and Hori on ally. Multiple spirals deep dives and free form Maneu vers. The Kite favored by most Slung performers is the i Eter Powell developed in 1976 by an englishman of the same name ii looks much like the Charlie Brown Tun sticker but its keel and spar Are made of aluminium or fibreglass the covering is a Strong plastic and suspended from in is a 70 to 85-foot Tail of hollow tubing. In is controlled by two lines. Several of the kites olten seven Are flown in Landem by one person. Those with a materialist turn of mind attribute the surge of interest in Kite flying to the fact that in is one of the few sports that uses no Petroleum Energy is non polluting and can be inexpensive. 1 Hose who Are More metaphysical find the explanation in the tug of the Kile line on a Windy Day Theodore Kukleski an Engineer at i concept inc. In Wal Ham. Mass. And a prime mover in the Boston Kite festival called it a great i Hill to see something from your own up there doing what buds can do and you can t do i aul i Garber developed Kiles for Ami aircraft target practice in world War ii and is now in charge of the Kite collection at the National air and space museum in Washington. Kile flying makes people he said i think that s reason the stars and stripes Page 15
