http://matttg.com Matt Gerdes likes to BASE Jump, Ski, Fly, and sometimes write about it. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:44:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://matttg.com/a-nice-hike/ http://matttg.com/a-nice-hike/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:05:47 +0000 admin http://matttg.com/?p=1038 The long season spanning the gap between BASE jumping and skiing has finally come to an end, and it's all abou ..
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]]> http://matttg.com/a-nice-hike/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/the-orbiter-balloon/ http://matttg.com/the-orbiter-balloon/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:18:22 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=707 I had the opportunity to spend some time with Balloon Celebrities! What fun...
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]]> http://matttg.com/the-orbiter-balloon/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/china-sucks-no-really-it-fucking-sucks/ http://matttg.com/china-sucks-no-really-it-fucking-sucks/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:02:08 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=667 I went to China. Interesting, I'll say that much. What else... I'm glad that I was able to visit the country at their expense instead of mine. Here are a few images from the trip.
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]]> http://matttg.com/china-sucks-no-really-it-fucking-sucks/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/longlining/ http://matttg.com/longlining/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:46:01 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=658 Here's the most recent edit of my flights. Most of these lines were from the month of August.
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]]> http://matttg.com/longlining/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/40-seconds-of-tickle/ http://matttg.com/40-seconds-of-tickle/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:17:51 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=612 I was really happy with this line right after it happened, and then I forgot about it until my friend Mike Steen put it in the video he edited of our most recent weekend hanging out in the Alps.
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]]> http://matttg.com/40-seconds-of-tickle/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/men-on-wire/ http://matttg.com/men-on-wire/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:15:11 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=770 Turkey is awesome. Thanks to some friendly locals, we were able to visit Mesopotamia in an amazingly beautiful part of Eastern Turkey. Here is a short video of our jumps there.
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]]> http://matttg.com/men-on-wire/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/ground-effect-2/ http://matttg.com/ground-effect-2/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 19:14:59 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=609 Here is my first edit of the 2011 summer season. We had a fantastic time flying these lines and I hope you love the video with all of your heart. This magical post also contains the secret to reading free NY Times Online articles, all day long.
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]]> http://matttg.com/ground-effect-2/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/since-its-been-a-while/ http://matttg.com/since-its-been-a-while/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:15:26 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=607 Speed Flying is totally fucking extreme! If you are somehow not yet aware of the unbridled and savagely wild extremeness of it, then you need to read this article...
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]]> http://matttg.com/since-its-been-a-while/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/season-switch/ http://matttg.com/season-switch/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:11:40 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=603 It's the end of the 2010 summer season, which means one last video for this year and the inevitable change of equipment, from wings to skis.
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]]> http://matttg.com/season-switch/feed/ 0 http://matttg.com/the-valley/ http://matttg.com/the-valley/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:09:51 +0000 admin http://matttg.slickrocksolutions.com/?p=601 Here's a fun game. Play a bit of trivia, and you win a video. I hate trivia, so don't worry, it's easy.
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