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Nepal - Paragliding

What could be make common that to find two terms together adventure and Nepal ! For many, the stage has a fantastic back rap. The towering peaks of the Himalayas and the high, pugged passes leading into lush green valleys an awe inspiring land which is popular Hinduism regards as the dwelling place myriad Gods.

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, popularly referred to as mysterious world is yet to be explored in a great detail. With the advancement in technologies, we can ever greatly appreciate such uniqueness and a wonderful natural setting. Paragliding, an adventure sports just aids that dimension through which we can enjoy our combined experiences of flying and exploring this unique world. Because it is easy to transport in all terrain, roads, easy to launch and land even back on the top of the mountain or the side of a hill, it fits much to a Nepali context. NO wonder paragliders have thus designed to soar. The duration recorded is over 11 hours and the distance record is 300 kilometers. Average recreational pilots, utilizing thermal and ridge lift, routinely stay a lot for 3 hours or more, soar to altitude of 15,000 ft. and travel cross country for great distances.

In training you will start out just skimming the ground. As you progress and become more skilled and conficlent you will probably won't to go higher and use the wing for soaring. The paraglider itself constructed of rip-stop nylon from which the pilot is suspended by sturdy Kevlar lines. The pilot is clipped into a harness and oriented in a sitting position for maximum comfort. Once in the air, you fly like a bind, and soon you will be amazed to find how quiet and peaceful the experience could be.

Although paragliding is not entirely a new concept for this part of the world, much of its use has beenlimited either be personal from or a limited commercial use. What has not be emphasized is how might we able to expound this adventure sports among the citizens of this country and among many foreign tourists who simply wish to have more funs from their visits. Proper training institutes with advantage facilities are require din a country to this sort of tourists area.

Now there is newly established private paragliding company in Kathmandu named "Paragliding Nepal". The office of this company is located in Thamel, inside the north field café. Mr. Shong harsa Bista and Mr. Surya Bastakoti won the company. They took their paragliding training from United States, Salf Lake city, U-ah. According Mr. Shong harsa Bista, Nepal has many hills suitable for paragliding besides it's weather is also very favorable and soathing for paragliding. The best paragliding pilot fress all over the world has beer declared Nepal is the second best location for paragliding after Switzerland have to its geographical structure and further aids first, they will operate commercial flights and then stared training people along with it. They have planned to open Paragliding School in Kathmandu.