Paragliding has been my life for seven years: full-time, summer and winter.My father wanted to do a hobby with me and he suggested paragliding. We went on the basic course together and both liked it. After a year, I was already flying better than him.
I live close to Hochfelln in southern Germany. It’s a well-known site for XC and distance records.
I’m a mountaineer and I was drawn to flying because I could fly down. But then I remember my first XC flight, moving through the air without fuel consumption, nothing. That one flight changed my mind to XC and I was hooked.
I had very good mentors. Michael, who is sadly no longer with us, always told me I needed to have good...
