Uf. Don't know. Just thoughts. Been doing sports all my life, competitive, recreational, all of it.And I never approached paragliding as a sport actually. Pilots endlessly chatting about the strong conditions they have been in, about their biggest achievements, their thoughest flights. Don't know.
And even more now, with the parahawking project on the side, I feel there is so much more in our 'sport'.
It is opening another part of what flying is all about. The hawks, what Scott does, what his project stands for in Nepal. It is all an extra dimension of what flying is all about.
Flying a paraglider is so much more than the sportside of it. There's the feeling, the views, the being at spots where nobody ever was, the kick each time you take off.
I miss some local pilots, you never see them again. Or if you hear from them they have been at a competition elsewhere. Or they tell you to call them when cloudbase is extreme high and an XC of more than a 100 km is possible.
Fantastic guys, they really are, and I really miss them. But my flying is, being at different sites, sharing the sky with buddies. Sharing with passengers on a tandem, twice the pleasure. And recently looking at the birds in the sky, following the glider, doing their stuff.
High fives, chilled beer afterwards, the happy feelings getting home satisfied.
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