this is my first major expedition so
this is the dream right it’s a bit hairy
to actually get on the shore my main job
is to get aerial shots for conservation
research
this expedition happened in 2012 and
even though it doesn’t seem like that
long ago drone technology was a lot
different than it is today you couldn’t
just buy these really nice pliable
off-the-shelf drones I built this thing
from scratch at at one point I was even
pretty much just sleeping in the office
to make sure that I could get this thing
done is there anything special that you
want Mike it’s very very windy the
seabirds you can see they’re kind of
just like hovering there in this immense
amount of wind so I decide alright I’m
gonna kind of do this cool banking turn
maybe look these some seabirds of the
frame all artistic and everything but
the drone is turning as I’m making this
maneuver so it’s turning but then the
wind catches it
I’m really trying not to let anybody
know but I’m really freaking out inside
who what is happening which is drone I
can cut the engines and let it fall to
the ground it’ll be fine it’ll be fine
I’m telling myself it and so I close to
the tree line and on the other side is
this big rocky beach lasted how long 30
seconds pretty much the drone fell into
the ocean and they got smashed to bits
on the rocks
lesson learned like my boss says just
don’t crash it
hi and with Alex Honnold and we are
attempting to client 45 of the most
iconic towers in the desert
this is the dream right it’s a bit hairy
to actually get on the shore my main job
is to get aerial shots for conservation
research
this expedition happened in 2012 and
even though it doesn’t seem like that
long ago drone technology was a lot
different than it is today you couldn’t
just buy these really nice pliable
off-the-shelf drones I built this thing
from scratch at at one point I was even
pretty much just sleeping in the office
to make sure that I could get this thing
done is there anything special that you
want Mike it’s very very windy the
seabirds you can see they’re kind of
just like hovering there in this immense
amount of wind so I decide alright I’m
gonna kind of do this cool banking turn
maybe look these some seabirds of the
frame all artistic and everything but
the drone is turning as I’m making this
maneuver so it’s turning but then the
wind catches it
I’m really trying not to let anybody
know but I’m really freaking out inside
who what is happening which is drone I
can cut the engines and let it fall to
the ground it’ll be fine it’ll be fine
I’m telling myself it and so I close to
the tree line and on the other side is
this big rocky beach lasted how long 30
seconds pretty much the drone fell into
the ocean and they got smashed to bits
on the rocks
lesson learned like my boss says just
don’t crash it
hi and with Alex Honnold and we are
attempting to client 45 of the most
iconic towers in the desert
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