Paragliding

You may be thinking from the tile that i did Paragliding.. Heck no! i am a wimp and don't like heights but i do like other people that like heights.

One beautifully sunny afternoon i took a walk up the Mount and sat at the top and watched the Paragliding guys get geared up and run and jump off the edge of a mountain hoping that canopy catches them.

These guys were amazing. The way the Mount is there is a natural thermal that comes up from the sea. The guys that I watched just flew back and forth over the top of the Mount for ages then turned around and headed down to the beach for landing. It was really cool to watch and funny to see them try and take off.

I was talking to one guy who is the NZ precision champion. Apparently (according to him) he landed on the front of a speed boat out in the water. He only had to land within a certain distance of the boat but apparently he didn't want to get wet.

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