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Traveling the world. he isnt searching for base jumps for now. at the same time, he is still searching. >> everything that comes with base jumping is absolutely incredible, and i hope i can find a way to fill that gap. but im struggling at the moment. a 72-year-old hang glider is flying high until a midair mishap threatens to send him crashing to the ground. >> what do i do now? >> july 5, 2013, hollister, california. 72-year-old lynn lyons has always wanted to fly. >> i had wanted to fly ever...

>> lyons reaches over to release the tow rope, but nothing happens. >> i pulled it, and it didnt release. okay. pulled it again, didnt release. didnt release. >> lyons sees hes made a mistake, connecting the line to the glider. but he cant fix it now. >> i look, and theres a pin that does the release, and the pins off to the side, and its not released. and now im in trouble. >> harold johnson watches from the ground. >> i couldnt figure out why he wasnt releasing it. i kept telling myself, relea...

Flights since. on this day, hes going out on the edge, planning to fly at 1,000 feet, higher than hes attempted before. a gopro camera sits on his wing to record the flight. >> set up the glider, put the harness on, got to be my turn. i attached. when youre towing, you stomp your foot a couple times and herold runs the tow rig, pulls you off the ground. >> 76-year-old harold johnson operates the tow rig. the electric-powered winch uses a winch to create tension on the wire cable. once lyons reac...

And release his hooked glider. >> we all have a hook knife. and thats for cutting lines when you need to. and for whatever reason, i didnt try to do that. >> he turns to his parachute instead. >> at that point, i was going parachute or die. that where they had told me and everybody else, this is what you do. >> he has trouble releasing the parachute, too. >> i was trying to fly with one hand -- mostly just keep myself in some semblance of order -- and pull with one hand. it didnt come out -- tha...