Paragliding

[Lowell_Skoog]

Here's a NWMJ story about the early years of Northwest paragliding:

 

http://mountaineers.org/NWMJ/07/071_Paragliding1.html

 

Here's a grab-bag of other early impressions, from my website:

 

http://alpenglow.org/paragliding/index.html

 

Here's the website of the Seattle area PG club:

 

http://www.nwparagliding.com/

 

On the east side of the Cascades, I think Aerial Paragliding is probably one of the best schools:

 

http://www.aerialparagliding.com/

 

On the west side, there are a bunch of different instructors. Go to Poo-Poo Point at Tiger Mountain on a sunny afternoon and you'll meet several of them. I haven't been flying for several years, so I'm not going to make specific recommendations.

 

Paragliding is a cool sport. If I wasn't so busy with other things, I would probably still fly. I consider it the most dangerous sport I've done, though. I've lost proportionally more friends in paragliding accidents than in any other sport that I've participated in. It is, as Richard Bach said, "a judgment sport of the highest order."

 

[Lowell_Skoog]

For those interested in high-end paragliding, the Paragliding World Cup is coming to Chelan this month, July 18-24:

 

http://www.chelanpwc.com/