Xtreme Xperience

[Faan]

I went for a very nice flight today after 60 years on this planet.
Me and my son doing some paragliding from Lions Head in Cape Town

Camps Bay beach in the background:

Just looking up into the air:

 

[Bodil]

Tuff guy, where are you?

 

[goldenrose]

That's AWESOME - good for you!

 

[SlipperFan]

Makes me dizzy. But it looks like fun.

 

[P-chan]

zOMG!!! That looks like so much fun!! I'm a total chicken when it comes to something like that though! I'll have to experience it through you! Thanks!

 

[Gilda]

WOW ! At least you have the parachute holding you up ! Still too far off the ground for me to be "dangling" !

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Good for you! :clap: I'd be scared crapless doing that!

 

[Rick]

Yahoo!!!

Is that a backup parachute in the back or the beer stashoke:oke:

 

[JeanLux]

Yahoo!!!

Is that a backup parachute in the back or the beer stashoke:oke:

:rollhappy:
congratulations for your courage!!! (one of my unrealized dreams, maybe coming year for my 60 ). Jean

 

[Heather]

Wow! That's awesome. Heights freak me out but that makes me wish I could handle something like that and get over the freak out factor.

 

[cnycharles]

Wow! That's awesome. Heights freak me out but that makes me wish I could handle something like that and get over the freak out factor.

i've heard that if you aren't on a structure looking down, sometimes the height fear factor goes away or eases. once in one of the world trade towers I leaned against the viewing window to try and look down at the ground and my Sister started to grab at me like I was going to fall. I also noticed that she didn't go near the window..

very cool pictures! looks like a lot of fun as long as you don't fly through a swarm of bugs or anything like that!

 

[nikv]

i've heard that if you aren't on a structure looking down, sometimes the height fear factor goes away or eases. once in one of the world trade towers I leaned against the viewing window to try and look down at the ground and my Sister started to grab at me like I was going to fall. I also noticed that she didn't go near the window..

I had a similar experience in 1984 in the 107th floor viewing area of the World Trade Center in New York. It actually helped cure me a little bit of my fear of heights. But I'm sure they didn't care for the nose prints on the glass. :rollhappy:

 

[biothanasis]

Congratulations!!! This is fantastic!!! You are a "daredevil"...

 

[NYEric]

Looks like fun.