Via Cynical-C, we learn of a new (to us) sporting activity that combines gliding with falconry (previously), developed in 2001 with a round-the-world trip starting in Nepal to soar with birds of prey who graciously share the airspace with human interlopers and guide them to thermals and updrafts that keep their flightless companions aloft.
The second star of the constellation Ursa Major (the Big Dipper or the Plough or in Arabic ุจََูุงุชُ َูุนْุดٍ ุงُููุจْุฑَู , the daughters of th...