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Paragliding, October 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Jan took me paragliding today, he was doing his tandem training and needed some cargo so I volunteered. I had this idea that it would be a great adventure filled day but Jan failed to warn me of the reality. We spent all day sat on the side of a cold, windy, wet hill first waiting for the dense fog to clear and then waiting for the high winds to drop. We did eventually get a flight in at about 4PM but Jan aggravated a knee injury and so we couldn't do any more after that. Anyway, it was well worth the long wait - it was ace!
Here's some pictures I took, not of Jan and I but of the others on the hillside. I've also added some photo's I took of Jan paragliding off Pen-Y-Fan some time ago.
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Here's some pictures I took, not of Jan and I but of the others on the hillside. I've also added some photo's I took of Jan paragliding off Pen-Y-Fan some time ago.
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 Merthyr Common [map](1) |  Merthyr Common(2) |  Merthyr Common(3) |  Merthyr Common(4) |
 Merthyr Common(5) |  Merthyr Common(6) |  Merthyr Common(7) |  Merthyr Common(8) |
 Merthyr Common(9) |  Jan at Pen-y-Fan(10) |  Jan at Pen-y-Fan(11) |  Jan at Pen-y-Fan(12) |
 Jan at Pen-y-Fan(13) |  Jan at Pen-y-Fan(14) |  Jan at Pen-y-Fan(15) |  Jan at Pen-y-Fan(16) |
posted by Gary Lynch @ 22:09 - PERMALINK
The view must have been spectacular. Although I probably would have thrown up a bit from the height.
"Jan failed to warn me of the reality" - what a surprise! That's not like Jan! :-) I just told him no from the outset to avoid just such a situation.
It was unfortunate.. the forecast was very good, but it turned out to be just that little bit too windy.. So we had a long wait.
Gary, you were suprisingly patient.. not something I've ever said about you before.. You've changed..
You were also a good passenger.. didn't panick or blub.
We'll do it again, and hopefully the weather will be kinder to us.
Jan.