What is a "paraglider"?

When people ask me what paraglider, I reply: "This is your dream." Indeed, buying some bag with straps, the weight in 5 - 6 kg, you can fly for hours, and listening to the songs of the wind to get acquainted with the mysteries of the sky.
With a paraglider, you learn the rules of use the force of air currents, climb thousands of meters down dip in the clouds. And for that, do not need no airfields or motors. Suffice slope of a hill, five minutes to prepare, light jogging for filling рaragliders air - and you are flying. Office of paraglider is elementary, two lines. It should be left - pull the left control lines, right - the right, slow down - both. For landing glider enough a "Piglet" of land. All equipment is placed in a small backpack, with which you can walking, drive a car or climbing on rocks.

Who, where and how can fly?

- Who can fly?

Almost every person with a moderately decent health.
In paragliding is not nessessary to be an athlete. Yet, during takeoff, you have to run, maintaining the resistance of the dome in 15 - 20 kg, and during the landing test load comparable to jumping from a chair.
Looking for: a pair of legs, back in good condition, decent working lungs and heart for their support.
More complicated with the head. This requires a minimum spiritual maturity: the ability to assess the situation and quickly make the right decision. And to do this comes under the pressure of different circumstances. The person must have the strength in time to give up flying in bad conditions, but, having decided - to bring it to the end.
Your security is almost entirely dependent on you. Do nоt trу to get into а group оf irresponsible rеckless nоt оnly putting thеmselves at risk, but alsо cаusing оthers unnecеssary trоuble. The mаjority of the pilots' cautious, nоrmal, civilized, and always give you the right (and sometimes useless) advice.

- Do I need to be fearless and courageous man?

Not at all.
Fear of heights is at all, but it is easily overcome, and quickly disappears. I'm still afraid to approach the edge of a tall building, but this fact does not prevent me climb 1000 meters height. When I was with his faithful paraglider - we fear nothing.

- Where can I fly?

Placed very much.
Most often fly in the mountains, with suitable slopes and landing area.
Living plains fly using a special winch for towing. With towing achievable height of 300 - 400 meters, and, consequently, the thermals.
Very beautiful flights on the coast with winds breeze.
To start with you enough mound with a height of 30 meters, and for the care of the route is sometimes enough of the slope with a drop of 50 m.