With Mark Nicol
South Devon is a beautiful part of the country with a stunning coastline and a wild heart, Dartmoor National Park.
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Paragliding in South Devon
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Paragliding in Iceland
With Anita Hafdís Björnsdóttir
I learned Paragliding in 2007 on a whim, in Iceland, and have not looked back since. In 2009 I sold all my belongings other than my glider and became a travelling paragliding bum. In 2013 I finished my tandem training in South Africa, returned to Iceland, co-founded the first Paragliding company here, and am now a full time Tandem pilot and Paragliding instructor in Iceland.
If you’ve flown in Australia it was probably somewhere in the South East of the country. It’s in the South East you’ll find most of the famous sites, the biggest hills, the comps and the clouds!
A few thousand kilometers away in Western Australia (WA) the clouds are almost as hard to come by as the hills. Don’t let this fool you though, there is flying here and the locals make very good use of what they have.
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Planning your first paragliding trip?
Going on your first overseas trip is a real rite of passage for a new pilot. Since my first flying trip, I’ve flown all over the world and worked on trips for pilots of all levels of experience. But I still remember my very first trip! I didn’t really have any idea what to expect, or what I needed to do, but the school I learnt with were great andhelped me through all the preparations. So for any pilots out there thinking about their first overseas trip, here’s my checklist to get you started.
Red Bull X-Alps 2013. Imagine: a July day at 11am and you are standing on the take-off above Interlaken. The sun is shining and the clouds are touching the mountain tops. You would like to fly to the Matterhorn or even better, over Mt. Blanc to Grenoble. With your paraglider, either flying or hiking. Hiking means stress, it’s strenuous – and seven times slower.