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Paragliding: An Accessible Thrill

Paragliding is an extreme sport that involves running down slopes with free parachutes and does not require specialized launch or landing areas. Some key facts about paragliding are that it uses only wind power to propel lightweight fabric wings, flights can last hours and cover hundreds of kilometers, equipment and pilots can weigh up to 240 kilograms, it is highly addictive for those who try it, and can be enjoyed by people who use wheelchairs through tandem flights with an experienced pilot. Famous paragliders include Gurpreet Dhindsa, Vipin Sahu, Judy Leden, and Heden Bhutia.

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Paragliding: An Accessible Thrill

Paragliding is an extreme sport that involves running down slopes with free parachutes and does not require specialized launch or landing areas. Some key facts about paragliding are that it uses only wind power to propel lightweight fabric wings, flights can last hours and cover hundreds of kilometers, equipment and pilots can weigh up to 240 kilograms, it is highly addictive for those who try it, and can be enjoyed by people who use wheelchairs through tandem flights with an experienced pilot. Famous paragliders include Gurpreet Dhindsa, Vipin Sahu, Judy Leden, and Heden Bhutia.

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Paragliding is a type of extreme sport found in the early 1980s by people interested in Ariel sports and it

allows 1 to run of the slopes with free parachutes. Paragliding is generally more accessible than other
extremes sports sense it does not require a special take off all landing track. Some interesting facts about
paragliding

1. The paraglider is only propelled by wind. The soul propellant of a paragliding is. It’s an engine
free non motorised form of aircraft. There is no fuel, no electricity, no battery involved-nothing.
The basic paragliding if equipment consists of an inflatable fabric wings and the hardness
attached to the wing by lines. With these all you then need is a hill and some wind and you are
good to go.
2. You can cover 100 of kilometres. Although no engine is involved in paragliding, when condition
are favourable the flight can last a couple of hours and can cover hundreds of kilometres. In fact
on 10th October 2019 Marcelo Prieto, Rafael Saladini and Rafael de Moraes Barros covered a
distance of 588 Kilometres in 11 hours.
3. Weight limit : the tendon paragliding equipment ways about 20 kilograms that you could pack it
all into a special bag and carry it like a backpack. But this paraglider can support a weight load of
up to 240 kilograms. Yes that fabric when can lift up into the air an adult Sable antilope or an
adult Atlantic white - sided dolphin. This this means that in a tandem flight maximum total
weight of the pilot and passenger is about 220 kilograms. In this way the maximum passengers
weight about 120 kilograms.
4. Paragliding is addictive despite the fact that it is the simplest and purest form of human flying
paragliding is addictive. Paragliding is so funny so exciting, South thrilling and so enjoy able that
once you learn how to fly you will always be looking for another chance to share the sky with
birds. Most paralleliding people admit that since the day they started flying they are always
thinking and looking for the next chance to fly. The the urge to ab gently float in the year is
always irresistible.
5. Paragliding is wheelchair – friendly altho classified as an extreme adventure activity paragliding
(particularly, tandem paragliding) is wheel-chair friendly. In other words any person with any
physical disabilities can enjoy a paragliding flight as the pilot is experienced.

Interesting, isn't it?

Famous famous personalities are

1. Gurpreet Dhindsa
2. Vipin Sahu
3. Judy Leden
4. Heden Bhutia

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