Raising your mental altitude

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss
~ Douglas Adams

A great way to end a car...

Liquid Mountaineering

Kitesurfing Diaries cartoon

The Kitesurfing Diaries: Safari - Central and South America

Mike Anderson's book "The Kitesurfing Diaries: Safari - Central and South America" is the perfect tool for those kiters who love to explore new kiting spots. It can be carried along like a guide and reference book and gives lots of information on kiting conditions, people to talk to, as well as some great places to stay when visting these countries. It is available from Amazon.

Wagas Festival 2008 Dune du Pyla- France from Monica Alvarez on Vimeo.

Even a modern day mortgage looks tiny at 12,000ft ~ the Odds

Videos

More paragliding & skydiving nonsense to come. Watch this space.

Paragliding, skydiving

Parachuting quotes

Everyone is ugly in freefall.
— Anon.

Yeah, I knew a lot of those guys who parachute jumped at county fairs in the twenties and thirties, I just never knew any of them for very long.
— Fritz Orchard

You know you're a skydiver when....

Every time someone's beeper goes off you look at your watch to see if it's break-off altitude

shooting the breeze out yonder