Originally Posted by
Less Hair
What an idiot pilot. But the gopros are mounted. Why doesn't he land uphill asap?
I agree that I would go for an immediate crash into the trees but it would be very fast, as the C of G is very far forwards, with the passenger weight mainly on the basebar, and there would be no possibility of flaring to any great degree, out of the dive. The passenger would most likely be seriously injured in the fall from tree height but may live.
You can flare a hanglider uphill, downwind, with no problem, when the C of G is correct, as can be seen here at 0:54 . I've even done this with a passenger (clipped in normally and a correct C of G).