Learning To Fly

It is common knowledge that the first flight was done by the Wright Brothers in North Carolina. People had done the damndest things to try and fly before them, but what is not so common knowledge is that the Hansler family has done some crazy things too. For three generations, from grandfather to grandson, the Hansler clan has attempted to fly.

We have not tried to fly with anything other than our skis and poles extending past our flailing arms. We have not achieved success quite yet, but that could be accounted to the lack of variety in our attempts.


From Top: Grandpa Dan, Me, Dad



If it was zoomed in enough, I am confident that we would all have the same exact face. These picture were taken decades apart and I had never seen either of them until Grandpa Dan showed them to me. I am still in awe that we do the exact same thing when we get air on our skis. I guess that your response to the panic of having to land a jump on skis runs straight through your genes.