November 16, 2009


A man is lifted off his feet by a gust of wind

flying

via Austin Kleon via The Guardian

posted by Andrew Simone in photographs 

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10 Responses to “A man is lifted off his feet by a gust of wind”

  1. Deron Bauman on November 16th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    holy!

  2. Ross Bonadonna on November 16th, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    moly!

  3. Andrew Simone on November 16th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

    I am with Austin Kleon on this. I hope this happens to me some day.

  4. Sheila Ryan on November 17th, 2009 at 9:15 am

    The best that ever happened to me in this line was being unable to walk forward into a ferocious wind. That was kind of fun. The wind may even have blown me backward in my steps, but I was not borne aloft, alas.

  5. Rick Neece on November 17th, 2009 at 9:33 am

    I dreamed this once when I was a kid, maybe we all did. I could jump into the wind and it would lift me higher and higher. Somehow I managed to figure out arm and leg positions to control speed and direction. Then the thought of how to get down crossed my mind and I began to fall. Before I hit the ground I woke up gripped in panic and elated by the flight.

  6. Cindy Scroggins on November 17th, 2009 at 9:39 am

    Rick, I still have that dream–often. In fact, I’m convinced that I can “tread air,” much the way I tread water. That will be one of my projects for Marfa.

  7. Phil Bebbington on November 17th, 2009 at 9:43 am

    When I was in the police we used to patrol a suspension bridge that was very susceptible to high winds and it would be us that decided when to close it to high sided vehicles. We would start by following them across the bridge and as they would emerge from the bridge abutments the wind would push them onto two wheels – you’d often follow them for some distance until they either toppled over (time to shut the bridge) or fell back onto 4 wheels.

    If one toppled we’d have to get out and deal with it which was always entertaining. It was quite normal to hang onto the cables as the wind took your feet away from you. There was of course plenty of incentive to hang on seeing as you were quite some height above the river!

  8. Sheila Ryan on November 17th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    . . . you’d often follow them for some distance until they either toppled over (time to shut the bridge) . . .

  9. Phil Bebbington on November 17th, 2009 at 9:49 am

    I like to think it was more scientific, but, alas it was not! The new bridge is far less susceptible to high winds – still, the old one is still there if you want entertainment on a windy day.

  10. Sheila Ryan on November 17th, 2009 at 9:58 am

    We must find a good airfare deal and take up a collection to send Andrew to the old Severn Bridge on a windy day.

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