Posts Tagged ‘Paragliding’

Dec
28/09
Paragliding Video
Last Updated on Monday, 28 December 2009 09:34
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Monday, December 28th, 2009

When I was about to leave The UK, a buddy of mine suggested I take an old VGA res headcam with me for filming some of the paragliding course, but to be honest I thought I’d be too busy doing stuff like learning to fly to make any kind of video. It wasn’t until a few days into the course that I started pressing the play button with an idea in mind of making a video at the end of the course.

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Dec
18/09
Pilot
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 01:54
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Friday, December 18th, 2009

So after our wee Maoist intrusion we carried on with the last days of our course. These melted into nights our with new friends in local eateries, good local  food, then we went to a Thai restaurant next to Maia Devi, next I discovered the Japanese restaurant in Pokhara and didn’t leave there for the last 5 nights of my stay. (more…)

Dec
06/09
Maoists in Pokhara
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 01:55
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Yesterday was a day off and a good job too, we were hungover from the night before and needed to sleep late. So I popped on over the Maia Devi, the home of Adam and Jennifer from Frontiers Paragliding Nepal to use the internet connection and relax in front of the landing zone. (more…)

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Dec
05/09
Paragliding Course day Five, High.
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 December 2009 01:23
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009

We went up to the high site at Sarankot today which is just under a kilometre up in the air. We made two flights and landed in a field by the river where the local kids came and helped us to pack up our wings. (more…)

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