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Base jumping is absolutely incredible, and i hope i can find a way to fill that gap. but i'm struggling at the moment. a 72-year-old hangglider is flying hide until a midair mishap threatens to send him crashing to the ground. >> what do i do now? >> july 5th, 2013, hollister, california. 72-year-old lynn lyons has always wanted to fly. >> i had wanted to fly ever since i was young. >> but it wasn't until he was 70 years old that he made the leap. >> you're flying. here i've gone to heaven, and i haven't even died yet. >> lyons has made more than 80 flights since on. this day, he's going out...

Didn't release. >> lyons sees he's made a mistake, connecting the line to the glider. he can't fix it now. >> i look, and there's a pin that does the release, and the pin's off to the side, and it's not released. and now i'm in trouble. >> harold johnson watches from the ground. >> i couldn't figure out why he wasn't releasing it. kept telling myself, release, release. >> instead, the tow line acts like an anchor, pulling lyons down to earth. >> went vertical down. and -- which i've never seen happen before. that's when i knew that he was in trouble. >> what do i do now? so i'm doing this, i k...

Down to earth. >> went vertical down. and -- which i've never seen happen before. that's when i knew that he was in trouble. >> what do i do now? so i'm doing this, i kick my legs -- harold, i'm in trouble. >> johnson releases a switch to let the line run out like a fishing reel, buying lyons a few precious seconds which could have been used to cut the line and release his hooked glider. >> we all have a hook knife. and that's for cutting lines when you need to. and for whatever reason, i didn't try to do that. >> he turns to his parachute instead. >> at that point, i was going parachute or di...

Searching. >> everything that comes with base jumping is absolutely incredible, and i hope i can find a way to fill that gap. but i'm struggling at the moment. a 72-year-old hangglider is flying hide until a midair mishap threatens to send him crashing to the ground. >> what do i do now? >> july 5th, 2013, hollister, california. 72-year-old lynn lyons has always wanted to fly. >> i had wanted to fly ever since i was young. >> but it wasn't until he was 70 years old that he made the leap. >> you're flying. here i've gone to heaven, and i haven't even died yet. >> lyons has made more than 80 f...

And getting higher and high her and higher. >> at 1,000 feet above the ground, he levels out. >> any pilot will tell you, more altitude is good. >> lyons reaches over to release the tow rope, but nothing happens. >> i pulled it, and it didn't release. okay. pulled it again, didn't release. didn't release. >> lyons sees he's made a mistake, connecting the line to the glider. he can't fix it now. >> i look, and there's a pin that does the release, and the pin's off to the side, and it's not released. and now i'm in trouble. >> harold johnson watches from the ground. >> i couldn't figure out why ...