Soar like a bird...
Woohoo! Made it back safe n sound :) Was fantastically brilliant! Very nice and peaceful ´flying´up there...
We had about 1.5hr drive up to the takeoff strip (about 1hr of which was on dirt road)... I was the third (out of 4) to take off... - was getting quite nervous... The car broke down as it was driving Jo and the instructor (the 2nd to take flight) back up to the top of the hill - so that made it worse wondering what had happened to them... And then on take off i get told to run, run run, and then STOP as the wind changed - so was skidding along the ground nearing the edge wondering if we were going to stop in time but it was all good. Soon after that I was able to run straight off the cliff, sit back, relax and enjoy the flight :) it was so peaceful up there - very relaxing and serene :) ... had about 10mins up there just flying around, doing a few little swirlies to catch thermals etc - went really high (up higher than the take off point) (about 450m). Had a nice bum landing as well which was good.
Got a bit bitten up on the mountain where we were waiting by some little yellow bug things that sucked your blood - hmmm lovely!
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