People keep on asking me what parasailing is, and how high the airplane or cliffs have to be to jump. First of all….it is NOT parasailing that I’m doing (or base jumping, or sky diving)…it is (say it with me now) PARAGLIDING. Good?…k Just to clear things up…para-sailing is what drunk tourists do when they’re on vacation…you get pulled by a boat over water and have no control. Now onto paragliding…
In paragliding, although you are capable of jumping from a helicopter or cliff etc…the way you are supposed to do it, is run off of a steep slope, or mountain face. You can control the direction of the wing, even control the speed a little. Using lift from the wind off of a slope, or rising hot air (thermals) a paraglider can stay up all day long, and travel in excess of 300km.
While I’ve been in school at the ranch, I meet up with a fellow by the name of Andreas. To show exactly what I’ve been doing, check out the two videos he made below…I’m not in them, but they were taken at the Aerial Paragliding ranch in Cashmere WA. I believe in the second video, that is Kristy (sp?) flying my Ozone Buzz glider the weekend before I bought it from the school (mostly red with yellow and orange).
Alright…hopefully I cleared some of this up…maybe?
Eh….enjoy the videos anyway…he did a good job with them.
