The idea of pulling a large parachute behind you until the wind catches it, then running down a mountainside until you're swept up into the air… is called paragliding. Some might argue that what was just described sounds more like a nightmare. For professional paraglider, 36 year old Ewa Wisnierska, back in 2007 at the Manilla XC Open - it was a little bit of both. Please leave us a review! :-) Sources: Miracle in the Storm (2010) Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUIGvIkDDs BBC Interview with Ewa https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p05ky78m
The idea of pulling a large parachute behind you until the wind catches it, then running down a mountainside until you're swept up into the air… is called paragliding. Some might argue that what was just described sounds more like a nightmare. For professional paraglider, 36 year old Ewa Wisnierska, back in 2007 at the Manilla XC Open - it was a little bit of both. Please leave us a review! :-) Sources: Miracle in the Storm (2010) Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUIGv...