In September 2005 and 2006 we have been Paragliding in Castelluccio (Italy,Umbria). In Castelluccio I always feel like beeing on another planet. Every morning there is fog in the crater of Castelluccio. Besides being a wonderfull and remote landscape, its an ideal place for soaring along the hills with your Paraglider. Be warned, its nothing for the faint heart, as the winds often get quite strong. More »
Today I was out paragliding in the Black Forest. The flying site is in Germany in the south-western part of the Black Forest near Freiburg (Germany) at the Elztal. The take-off site is called Gschasi (or Hans Uhl). You can find more details on this flying site here.
A very strange and mysterious thing happend during this flight. While holding my digicam to take some pictures of the clouds that had an icy structure on top some sparks started sizzeling around my gloves and the camera. The spectacle held on for about 5 seconds and i was quite astounded by that mini-lightning. I did not feel anything like an electric shock in my fingers and i am not sure what this phenomen was. I didn´t look like the camera produced this effect… More »
This is my first publication in the paragliding category on this blog. I planned this for quite a while so its about time to get started with this… first greetings to all those paragliding maniacs around the world… to start with something, here is a little video of our last tour in fall 2005 to Algodonales in Spain. More »
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