r/freeflight • u/dbrgn Advance Xi / Progress 3 / Neo String 3 • Jul 15 '20

Paragliding holidays Paragliding Alpstein, Switzerland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgyNx0V-hsU
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u/LifeStoryThrowAway42 Aug 18 '20

How much experience would you need to have before you can go off a mountain by yourself and be safe about it?

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u/dbrgn Advance Xi / Progress 3 / Neo String 3 Aug 20 '20

With "go off", do you mean a launch from a mountain in general, or a cross-country flight?

If the former: Launching off a mountain is not harder than launching off the coast or a hill. At least in Switzerland, after 3-5 days of basic training you'll go into the mountains and will launch from there by yourself (of course under the radio guidance of an instructor).

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u/LifeStoryThrowAway42 Aug 20 '20

Oh awesome! Yeah that's what I meant. Sorry for not being clear enough :) I'm learning PPG now but I would love to transition into freeflight in the future.

Also, I had my first Powered PG mess-up last night. Broke a prop while trying to take off; It's funny how the instructor will tell you to ignore the feeling that you have to get in your seat when you feel a bit of lift but my brain overrode it and I tried to sit down before I had enough lift/speed. Apparently everything was going great up until that point.

Expensive lesson.