Current mood: rebooting. 🧘♀️
Since I came back from paradise on earth, the weather has been moody, and I have not fought the change of pace that came with it. I am getting my glider revised and my variometer fixed, and I have fallen out of my usual routine. It feels nice to hit pause, once in a while, but I feel that I am becoming a bit antsy. 🐜🐜🐜
It’s time to turn it ...
Flying through clouds ☁️☁️☁️
I got a lift up the side of a castellanus today! 🙈🤩
Today we flew up to 4500! 🏔 I could have gone higher: the lifts were there and many pilots were hopping from one to the other. But rocks and snow are definitely not an environment I feel comfortable in, so as I saw 4444 pop up on my vario, I headed straight back to the first ridge! 😅 Today’s goal was to fly high, and this was high enough! North India is a really wonderful place: starting ...
I flew my first 100k of the season today, yay! I met eagles for the first time in India (three handsome creatures who nicely shared a thermal with me), 🦅 and in a pack of 50 vultures and other birds! 😱 I thought it was mayhem above the paragliding take off until I saw the state of the vultures’ launching place! 🚗🚚🚙
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A couple of days ago, we hiked up to a small temple dedicated to Hanuman.
We did not see any monkey then. But today, the mountain hosting the temple was full of them! They did not seem to mind the hundreds of colorful gliders lurking over them, and hopped happily under us!
Link in bio for a full account of today’s flight and meals. (yes, the food here is just as good as the flying; I ...
Bir, Himachal Pradesh 🏡
I am really enjoying my stay in this little village in Northern India so far. The food is incredibly tasty and vegan-friendly, the flying is great, people are easy-going, the dogs are lovely, and did I mention the incredibly tasty food!? 🍛🥟🍲
I had a great day today, even though, flying-wise, it was a bit of a bummer. I could not get in the zone, and ...
Today we took a break from flying and went on a small trek. I love how we can call hikes “treks” around here; they sound like adventures! 🐒🌳🏃♀️
So we trekked from Billing’s launch site to a Hanuman temple higher up in the mountain, and then back to Bir. We got lost quite a few times, saw exotic birds and snakes, did not pack enough food or water; at the end of the day it ...
Yesterday was a day full of monkeys! 🐒
On launch in the morning, cloudbase was below us. I tried to find a way to the top of the ridge, climbing through trees and clouds; it did not work. But it was time well spent: I spotted a tribe of several dozens monkeys! Not a sight I am used to in the Alps! 🙈
As we landed early (because of overdeveloppments - again), we visited a nearby town ...
@jacob.nicolas ‘s photo from yesterday is just too good not to share! This big bird was flying right behind his glider, using its drag to rest! Vultures around here do not seem fazed by the hundreds of pilots invading their airspace. They fly really close to us and often join us in thermals when they see us rising; they don’t even try to find their own lifts, away from us tourists! 🦅
Indian landscapes 😍
Everywhere you look there is something to see, hear or smell! On every ridge, there is a village with children cheering you on. The forests are made of many different trees and smell of santal wood. Who knew that paradise was really only just a few hundred meters above the earth? .
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Today’s flight was shorter than I would have liked, but it was higher than I could have hoped! I flew up to 4000 meters for the first time in my life (I had never dared to in the Alps)! When the friendly clouds started to get bigger and darker, I cut the fun short and hurried to the landing zone. As I was gliding down to the valley, my shadow and my rainbow kept me company once again! ...
Today’s flight was one of the most magical I ever had the chance to experience.
I patiently climbed my way to about 1000 meters above cloud base, slowly gaining height between the ridge and the whimsy clouds, and then I glided down to the flats on a gentle white cotton candy slope! Friendly vultures kept me company, and my shadow hopped behind me in its own circular rainbow. That’s the ...
Landing in Bir, just in time to meet the hubby, who flew twice the distance I did in more or less the same time. 😄if following birds around was not the most efficient flying strategy around home, it definitely isn’t either in India! But the local vultures were the most chill guys I ever flew with, I wanted to be part of their squad! 🦅
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After two planes and a 6 hour drive, we arrived in Bir, India! Today, we caught up on some sleep. Tomorrow, we will check out the place from above 😄
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#paragliding #birbilling #parapente #paraglidinglife #paraglidinglove #india #dragonflydoesntflyaway 10/19
Some pilots have mastered the cobra technique and look like skilled snake masters on launch.
I am still perfecting the wacky car dealership inflatable tube guy technique myself, and am getting pretty good at it, if I may say! 😎🙋♀️
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You may see this as a sky half full. I chose to see it as a sky half empty; I’m an optimist like that! 😋
I was hopping in and out of clouds and lost sight of the mountains a couple of time (oups! 🙈). Thinking of the sky as half empty and frantically checking my gps is what kept me sane during these incredibly long seconds! 😅
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One last photo of a powered paraglider in St Hilaire, tying my grid together 😄
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Pilots are flocking to Brazil, chasing records and it is going to be an exciting month! Until I got into paragliding, I never really got the point of watching sports (I didn’t get the point of doing any of them either. How I have changed!). But now I am compulsively refreshing livetracking webpages, rooting for pilots to fly further and faster. Good luck to all pilots chasing the 600k!
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😉 to this weightless pilot.
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#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #flylikeagirl #adventure #wanderlust #mountainview #jura #vesancy #juratourisme #gex #jesuisdanslain #auvergnerhonealpes #igersfrance #mountainvibes #skyparagliders #skyaeon #xcflying #lematinphoto #cloudporn #instaclouds #cloudstagram #other_prespective #stationmontsjura...
Lightweight gear is awesome and terrifying at the same time 😱😍
I’m used to my Skin P (a single surface glider) by now, but I just paired it with a Roamer P (a really basic mountain harness) and the combo made me feel a bit exposed. 🍑 Not packing a jacket or gloves yesterday definitely did not help me shake the feeling! 😅 But how easy is it now to hop to the top of a mountain and ...
Zoom zoom! 🚀
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Switzerland Wonderland 💚🇨🇭💚
Landing in Le Châble.
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#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #flylikeagirl #adventure #wanderlust #mountainview #aerialphotography #xcflying #mountaingirls #verbieralive #mysummerinvalais #moneteenvalais #myromandie #swissalps #blickheimat...
Who ever tried this to get down? 🙃😄
I have only ever seen tandem pilots do this M shaped thing in Annecy. Never came across it anywhere else, never seen a solo pilot do it. I have a feeling my Alpina would not be happy and might slap me in the face if I tried (litterally: this looks like a big fat collapse in the making!) 👋😅
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Jumping into the rainy, windy week like it’s Summer...
... or not. I’m sad 😭
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Perfect timing at @coupeicare 👌 The first time I ever saw a paramotor take off was five years ago. The guy ran across the field I had just landed in and then flew up to the cliff I had just left to do a bit of soaring. It completely blew my mind! 🤩😱
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The season of big thermals seems to be coming to an end around here and the Xcontest season is almost over. I haven’t beaten any personal bests and didn’t score as much as I had hoped I would a year ago. But I have climbed over mental barriers, and worked hard on becoming a better pilot. These are untangible achievements and it is harder to appreciate them, but I feel better equipped to fly ...
Tiptoeing on a steep launch.🕴
I loose all my confidence on steep slopes, and it shoes 😅😱 I am pretty sure the hikers on top of Mont Grammont were a bit worried for the scared looking girl who could not put one foot behind the other without stumbling; I looked like Bamby tied to an oversized kite 🤷♀️
But I was not worried. I knew I would mess up, I would swear and I knew ...
Running back to Geneva, following a hike&fly&hike&fly (an activity performed by those highly skilled individuals who lose their phone on the hike up to launch 😬). Why was I running after that? Well, my ride home had only signed up for one hike&fly! 🏃♀️😅🤷♀️
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Squad goals! 🙌
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Do you enjoy high, rocky mountains? I really don’t. Ice and rocks scare me, and I feel very tiny and out of place. I was staying well away from these sharp cliffs, and had accepted to bomb out further down the valley. Pilots like to think they fly like eagles.🦅 Truth is, I am more of a chicken. 🐥🤓
But when I saw a great bird over these rocky knives, I couldn’t help but turn in its...
Climbing up to Punta Helbroner earlier today. I took off from the tongue of this glacier a few times, and it was never an easy place to launch. Soaring above it today was a pretty sweet feeling 🤩.
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Hike and fly of the day. One big ass crossing of the Rhone Valley! As I started snapping pics, I realized I should enjoy the flight and live in the moment instead of looking at life through my smartphone. So I did, and I put my phone away.
But this glide is sooooo long; turns out there is plenty of time for both! 😆 .
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I actually enjoy staying home when on vacation. I live in an infinite playground and I haven’t even seen a fraction of it. Also, I get to go home to my cats at the end of the day, and that truly makes me happy. All I need is an adventure and a cat. Or three of them... 🥰🐈⛰
What I do not need is a canoe. 🛶
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#canoe #canoeing #wanderlust #adventure #mountainview ...
Heimat ⛰
It might be half-french, half genevois and therefore not objectively “heimat”, but it is homey to me 🇨🇭🇫🇷
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Ready to go on an adventure? ⛰⛅️
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Through the looking glasses 🐰
Becoming a pilot, I stepped into a whole new world, full of wonders. I look at mountain ranges and see invisible paths, I look at fields and clouds and see magic elevators. The day before yesterday, I flew through straw and pieces of flying cardboard, twirling and climbing around me towards the clouds like glittering confetti. Funny how a change of perspective ...
Sometimes I wish I could take pics of myself on launch! Don’t get me wrong, I love snapping pictures of my friend taking off, but I am just as vain as the next person and wish I could show off to my family sometimes. “No, this isn’t me either, Grandma” gets a bit old when repeated for the 25th time. 😂
Kidding, but actually feeling very fortunate to have family who wants to know what...
Today was a good day! I reached Annecy from the Salève gor the first time ever and am SO happy! It’s not really far away, but there were many mental barriers to lift for me, and I made it, and am proud of myself. It might not be an objectively impressive achievement, but it was an important one for me and I’m really happy I made it! 😊🥳
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Run, run, run inyo the clouds! I love flying in the clouds! If I get to these fluffy bits of air, there’s a good chance things will be nice and mellow. Or somewhat mellow-er than the ride up at least 😁. .
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The hubby and his Chérie 😄 .
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