#262 Into the Deepness with Keith Forsyth

#262 Into the Deepness with Keith Forsyth

From Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast by Gavin McClurg

December 20, 2025 · 49 min

About this episode

Keith Forsyth shares his adventurous journey in XC Paragliding across the breathtaking landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.

Keith Forsyth began his flying journey with skydiving, then speed flying and wing suit base jumping but the lack of margin in speed flying and base lead him to XC Paragliding, where he's been drawing lines across the Pacific Northwest with what can only be described as a magical and inspired paintbrush. If you haven't been to the Pacific Northwest think alpine rain forest and big, jagged glaciated mountains. Rain, lots and lots of rain. DENSE impenetrable forest, deep gorges, few roads, lots of bugs, and very few places to land. Keith has been laying down bivvy lines across the Cascade and Olympic ranges of Washington and Oregon and Coast Ranges of British Colombia the last few years that are ambitious, bold, and absolutely breathtaking. Keith waits for a good forecast, packs up to 7 days of food, sometimes adds a packraft and takes to the skies. Sometimes the mission involves some pretty memorable bushwacking, other times a glorious paddle out and some fishing along the way, other times he'll find himself top landing an alpine meadow and sharing some space with a black bear.

People in this episode

Host: Gavin McClurg

Guest: Keith Forsyth

Topics covered

  • paragliding
  • adventure sports
  • outdoor exploration
  • bivvy flying
  • nature
  • extreme sports

Keywords

  • skydiving
  • speed flying
  • wing suit base jumping
  • bivvy lines
  • bushwacking
  • packrafting
  • black bear
  • fishing

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Pacific Northwest, Cascade and Olympic ranges of Washington, Coast Ranges of British Colombia, alpine meadow

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