reynald_in_the_air

good time in the air:-)

jacob.nicolas

#teamalpsfreeride
Old pic by @dragonfly_423
#iorestoacasa

dragonfly_423

Launching into the week like...
Like I could! 😭😷
#iorestoacasa 📸: 02/20 by @jacob.nicolas .
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidingram #flylikeagirl #adventure #wanderlust #mountainview #mountaingirls #radgirlslife #girlswhoadventure #girlgetoutside #Salomonwmn #wanderwomaninc #andshesdopetoo #Womenwhoexplore #Mountainbabes ...

jacob.nicolas

#teamalpsfreeride
Old pic by @dragonfly_423

dragonfly_423

This whole situation is 🍌
🍌
🍌
🍌
📸: 01/20 #iorestoacasa
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #adventure #wanderlust #mountainview #teamalpsfreeride #ig_ivrea #Ig_piemonte #igerspiemonte #italianalps #Italia_shotz #thehub_piemonte #goparagliding #other_prespective ...

dragonfly_423

😎
Old pic. #iorestoacasa .
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #adventure #teamalpsfreeride #bealpha #sonyalpha6000 #mountaingirls #radgirlslife #girlswhoadventure #girlgetoutside #Salomonwmn #wanderwomaninc #andshesdopetoo #Womenwhoexplore #Mountainbabes #Shewhoexplores #skywalkparagliders ...

dragonfly_423

At the right place, at the right time!
Pic from my revenge hike and fly at the Col des Frêtes. .
.
.
#hiking #hikelikeagirl #idhikethatcrew #wanderlust #adventure #mountainview #HikeVibes #impulshiking #hikeandfly #paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #radgirlslife #salomonwmn #andshesdopetoo #iLakeAnnecy
#sourcesdulacdannecy ...

dragonfly_423

It’s time to take a trip down memory lane! Like most of us, taking new pictures of the beautiful mountains around us will be difficult in the next few weeks; I will be looking for old gems on my phone instead.
This one was taken on an eventful day of Spring last year. I had amazing experiences throughout the day: flying my first long XC flight of the season; thermalling with a couple of ...

dragonfly_423

Hi friends, I hope each of you is doing well in these peculiar times and I hope many of you still get to fly around the mountains, while some of us sit this one out. 🧘‍♀️ Stay safe, make good choices, and find ways to be happy wherever you are. 🙏
.
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding ...

dragonfly_423

Snow’s out, Spring’s in and that makes me verry happy! ❄️🌸
Hopefully we can still enjoy it next week 🤞 .
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #adventure #bealpha #sonyalpha6000 #myvalleedejoux #yverdonlesbainsregion #myVaud #igersvaud #ig_vaud #topswitzerlandphoto ...

dragonfly_423

Whoops! Steep launches can be tricky!
I have a fear of hights and I often joke about how my knees shake if I stand on a stool. As much as I would like my totem animal to be a mountain goat, the greater the angle of the slope, the more I have in common with a mountain slug. 🐌💦 Or a mountain jellyfish! 🙈
.
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen ...

dragonfly_423

I love the simplicity of paragliding. 🤍
You don’t need much to enjoy a day’s adventure outdoors: a good pair of shoes and your gear; that’s it! Regardless of whether you actually get to fly or not, you discover new places, enjoy time in nature, and spend time in good company (with friends or by yourself)! I feel grateful everyday I found the strength to push through the barriers I had...

dragonfly_423

Spring is here! I tried really hard to climb up the Dents de Lanfon yesterday, and never managed to make it to the top of the mountains! But I got to play in the wind and saw the Château de Bluffy up close, which was a first. ‘Twas a good day! .
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram...

serena0802

My favorite place for ground handling: le Pont, Vallée de Joux, Switzerland.

I have spent many hours at this place playing with my two wings, the Hook5 and the Pi2.

I love ground handling !
#advanceparagliders #niviukparagliders #paraglidinggirls #groundhandling #valleedejoux #lightness #winter #parapente #gleitschirm #switzerland

dragonfly_423

Groundhandling into the weekend like...✌️
.
... oh wait, that’s not it! 😂 .
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #adventure #bealpha #sonyalpha6000 #myvalleedejoux #yverdonlesbainsregion #myVaud #igersvaud #ig_vaud #topswitzerlandphoto #lematinphoto #20minphoto ...

dragonfly_423

My kind of blue to swim into 🙌🇿🇦
.
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #flylikeagirl #adventure #wanderlust #mountainview #flyozone #ozonezeno #thewesterncape #thisissouthafrica #visitsouthafrica #southafricanskies #AboutSouthAfrica #beautifulafrica #🇿🇦 #paraglidinglife...

serena0802

In July 2019, I had my first flight with my Hook 5 in Sao Miguel, the largest island of the Azores. "The Green Island" - its nickname, is a paradise for nature lovers. Flying over volcanic landscape with gental thermals, soaring inside the volcano or from a cliff, the flying is quite varied. There is so much to see on a such small island !
#hook5 #niviukparagliders #saomiguel ...

dragonfly_423

Winter is back! ❄️☃️❄️
Enjoying the mountains in a tank top in the middle of February is all well and swell, but it does come with a certain anxiety (mostly about how strong the conditions will be in the Alps during the Summer, and a little bit about how this means the planet will eventually implode or something). So, even though I had a great time running half naked through the ...

dragonfly_423

Hiking in the early hours gives me feelings of hope and safety. Feeling like I am the only human around is very calming (no sociopath on the path; everybody knows serial killers wake up later 🤓) and I always believe I am about to see wild animals (as if I were Disney’s Pocahontas). 🍂
After taking this photo, I sat still on the shore for a long time, half convinced Timon and Pumba were ...

dragonfly_423

I started paragliding with a mountain wing, and a light-ish harness. I was so sure that hiking would remain my main activity, and flying down would be a bonus!
Fast forward a few years, and I have turned that occasional « bonus » into the whole point of all of my time off. 🤪 Don’t get me wrong, I still love to hike & fly once in a while, but I would not carry my heavy gear up a ...

dragonfly_423

🎶🌤I see skies of blue, and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night 🌤🎶
.
.
.

#hiking #hikelikeagirl #idhikethatcrew #wanderlust #adventure #mountainview #HikeVibes #impulshiking #girlgetoutside #radgirlslife #outdoorwomen #salomonwmn #shewhoexplores #igerscapetown #capewinelands #thewesterncape #thisissouthafrica #visitsouthafrica ...

dragonfly_423

#tbt to that time I tried to participate in a regio task of the Swiss league (and very miserably failed). 😅
A couple of years ago, we went to Verbier on the first regio task of the season, and met with a few pilots for a flight around the valley. The sun was shining, skiers were skying, paragliders were zeroting. 👌🏔
Leaving the sky lift, we had to walk down a bit on the slopes to ...

dragonfly_423

Can you spot the spots? 🦠📷🦠
I really need to get a self shutting lens thing (or whatever they are called). For the past few months, I have been manually photoshopping specks of dust out of my photos and it has been driving me insane!
We lost our camera’s case and lens cap somewhere over the Himalayas and since then I am marvelling at how something this small can annoy the crap ...

dragonfly_423

Have long, boring car ride planned? There are many ways to make it better: play a car game, or stop for a cookie, to see a landmark or to quicky fly off a mountain! #lifehacks 😁
.
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidingram #flylikeagirl #adventure #wanderlust #mountainview #mountaingirls #radgirlslife #girlswhoadventure #girlgetoutside ...

serena0802

Happy Valentine Day ❤

Capture of a sunset from the Pleiades last week.
I wish everyone love, liberty, happiness and beautiful flights.

#love #sunset #paragliding #pleiades #saintvalentin #paraglidinglove #purepassionforflying

dragonfly_423

On Sunday, I told this guy I would not play at paragliding with him anymore; he was cheating! 😂😘
I do love my Alpina, but a Zeno does make paragliding look easier! The glide, friends, the glide! 😍
.
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #adventure #wanderlust ...

dragonfly_423

#tbt to last year’s colder Winter above lake Annecy. .
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #flylikeagirl #adventure #wanderlust #mountainview #aerialphotography #ilakeannecy #sourcesdulacdannecy #annecymountains #ifeelin #massifdesbauges #savoiehautesavoie #lesalpesfr ...

dragonfly_423

Saturday was a fun day! No flying, but the sun was shining, the pilots were kiting and, right above us, birds were thermalling. Freaking show offs! 🦅😝
Merci @kat_para pour la photo et la Tequila! 🍹
.
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #flylikeagirl #adventure #bealpha #sonyalpha6000 ...

dragonfly_423

Magic Cavallaria! ✨ Almost every time I come here in the Winter, I think there is no way I will fly longer than 15 minutes. But the magic of the site never disappoints and I am always amazed by the magic lifts! ✨
.
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #adventure #wanderlust ...

dragonfly_423

How do you plan your weekend? We typically make a different, but very firm plan every day of the week. The evening before, or when we wake up on the day, we double-check the forecast and decide what to do.
And then: we end up going somewhere else! 😂✌️
.
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding ...

dragonfly_423

I had to squint to see where I was heading today! The air was thick in the inversion layer. I peeked over it when I reached cloud base over Cavallaria, and I could not see the ground below the mountain! Under me was an ocean of white, framed only by the Alps behind me. It was beatiful, but unsettling: kind of like when you lose the ground under your feet when swimming in the sea. ...

dragonfly_423

Today was a fun day! No flying, but the sun was shining, the pilots were kiting, and right above us the birds were thermalling. Freaking show offs!😛🤬
.
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #adventure #wanderlust #flyozone #ozoneswift4 #bealpha #sonyalpha6000 #myvalleedejoux ...

dragonfly_423

I found Slenderman! 👽
He is currently on vacation in the Swiss Jura, enjoying the view of the Alps.🇨🇭🏔
.
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #hiking #hikeandfly #hikelikeagirl #wanderlust #adventure #HikeVibes #mountaingirls #radgirlslife #girlgetoutside #Salomonwmn #wanderwomaninc #andshesdopetoo #Womenwhoexplore #Shewhoexplores #trailandkale ...

dragonfly_423

New valid and fulfilling hobby alert! ⚠️
Jumping pictures! 🏃‍♀️ My inner child is really happy. 🤓🥳
.
.
.

#parawaiting #adventure #mountainview #italianalps #timetoplay #meetthemoment #xcflying #ivrea #cavallaria #piemonte #canavese #jumpingpic #bealpha #sonyalpha6000 #mountaingirls #radgirlslife #girlswhoadventure #girlgetoutside #Salomonwmn ...

dragonfly_423

Fly into the week like a glider taking off in the lee! Mondays are rough. Tuesdays are a little bit less shaky. Slowly make your way through the week, putting distance between you and the mountain of troubles. Before you know it, Friday is here and you are soaring above it all! Happy Tuesday everyone! .
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove ...

dragonfly_423

So I finally took the time to write a bit about my trip to South Africa and sort through pictures. (Link in my bio)
My expectations going there were quite optimistic, and it took a while adusting to the reality. I didn’t fly as far or as long as I wished. And as much as I try to reason with my petty self, I can’t help but feel a teeny tiny bit bitter.
On the one hand I regret not ...

serena0802

Merci à @alpinepictures qui m'a reconnue dans les airs 😁
#paraglidinggirls #hotairballoon #paragliders #niviukparagliders #paysdenhaut #fibchax2020

dragonfly_423

So today I went on a hike & hike adventure. It is an activity that ressembles hike & fly, but which only a select type of pilot can achieve. The training required is similar, and it takes about the same energy and motivation.
The key difference resides in the choice of gear.
Namely, if you forget your freaking harness, you will hike back down. 👍👸
There is a saying in ...

serena0802

5ème marche et vol de l'année. Conditions idéales cet après-midi au Suchet. Plus beaucoup de neige au sommet et température très douce.
#niviukparagliders #hikeandfly #borntofly #paragliding

dragonfly_423

Fun on the other side of the Alps! 🪂🙃🪂
Nobody told the air in Italy that we are in January, and we played in it for way more time than I thought it would be possible in the middle of the Winter! Thank you, magic Cavallaria! ✨🌟✨ .
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram ...

serena0802

Le premier marche&vol de 2020 d'une longue série aux Pléiades. Objectif -> monter en moins d'une heure 💪🏻
#hikeandfly #niviukparagliders #pleiades #paragliding #sunset #paraglidinglife

serena0802

Un rêve ou la réalité ? Les deux... Un vol qui m'a mis les larmes aux yeux. C'était magique. Voler comme un oiseau au milieu d'un paysage à couper le souffle, jouer avec les nuages ici et là, vivre hors du temps, admirer, chanter, sourire, hurler de bonheur.
Un moment inoubliable. Açores, juillet 2019.
#flying #paraglidinggirls #saomiguel #açores #paraglidinglove

serena0802

When I was I child, I dreamed of walking on the clouds, now I am flying trough them ❤

#mydreamistofly #cloudporn #paragliding #paraglidinggirls #paradise #sky

dragonfly_423

Whoohoo! ✋🤚
Flying into the weekend, like it’s Summer! 🪂
.
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove #weliveparagliding #paraglidinglife #goparagliding #amazing_paragliding #paraglidingram #meetthemoment #adventure #wanderlust #flyozone #ozonem7 #northerncape #experiencenortherncape #thisissouthafrica #visitsouthafrica ...

dragonfly_423

Well, I left this crazy colorful place and am now back under the heavy stratus of Geneva 😭. Thankfully, I did play a bit with my camera during my trip to Summer and got a few good memories out of it! 🙌🏞
This beautiful pool (created by a dam) was just above our house. And I sat still on its shore a couple of times in hopes I would catch interesting animals on camera. I was even there ...

dragonfly_423

Finally a day I feel really good about! I didn’t fly that far, but I felt at ease during the entire flight! 🧘‍♀️ No crazy wind to break thermals into a million pieces, no crazy wind to flee away from as fast as I can, no crazy wind blowing me to and fro above the field I want to land in. Life is better when the wind is acting reasonable! 🪂🌬
📸 from this morning’s launch ...

dragonfly_423

Yesterday was not flyable, so we found other things to do. The guys chose to go on a safari or stay home, and I went on a hike. I was hoping I would see a few local wild beasts, but all I saw were pigeons, insects and spiders... so many spiders! 🦗🕸🐜
.
.
.
#hiking #hikelikeagirl #idhikethatcrew #wanderlust #adventure #mountainview #HikeVibes #impulshiking #mountaingirls ...

dragonfly_423

I bombed out today. 🤷‍♀️ Though I am feeling a bit frustrated about it now, I just couldn’t get really excited during the flight. The forecast announced quite a lot of wind, and that kind of put a lid on my willingness to fight to stay up. My mind was not completely in it and I lost the battle to stay airborne. 🪂
Oh, and I flew a grand total of 3km in 1 hour! 🤘😄
.
...

dragonfly_423

How do you get a bunch of pilots to jump into their harnesses and take off in an inversion layer? 🪂
Easy: you fly over them, yelling “do you plan on flying today or what?!”
This guy came from above us this morning and got everyone off the launch in less time than it takes to say “Nananananère” 🤣👋
.
.
.

#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm ...

dragonfly_423

Tricky conditions up there allow for a good meal and a solid nap down here. Vacations can be pretty hard, so I’m not complaining about the down time! 😉
I bombed out on the second flying day of my stay in South Africa. 🤷‍♀️ We left home with a 100k flight plan. 😎 I took it down a notch when I was swept by a strong lee wind on launch. 😖 Once in the air, I settled for a dart ...

dragonfly_423

We didn’t fly today, it was way to windy! 🌬We went all the way up to the take off only to look at disapointed comp pilots launch into a bumpy, sketchy sky (the pre PWC task was cancelled). But I found a waterfall at the foot of the mountain and lived my best shower gel commercial fantasy, so I am calling the day a win! 🌺💁‍♀️🌺
.
.
.
#parawaiting #adventure ...

dragonfly_423

Today was a good first day! We flew in the flat lands. Thermals were quite strong and I didn’t feel much like letting go of my breaks to take photos. But I flew my biggest FAI yet, and took the best the sky had to offer today, so even if I don’t have much to show for it, today was a great day! .
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm #gleitschirmfliegen #paraglidinglove ...

dragonfly_423

Welcome to South Africa! I didn’t fly today, the non-existing take off kinda messed up my mojo. And I love my Crocs, but I was not prepared to hike in them, should I have bombed out far away from a road. There is a saying in French that has unfortunately become my motto: « quand on a pas de tête, on a des jambes », i.e. if you don’t have a head, you better have legs. But what the heck do ...

dragonfly_423

Sometimes I fancy myself a talented (iPhone) photographer. 😎
And sometimes I shoot pics at random over my shoulder. 🤓
Turns out I might be most talented when not looking at the screen of my camera! 😅
📸 taken this Saturday, pressing all the buttons on my phone with gloves, backwards and over my head. 👸
.
.
.
#paragliding #parapente #gleitschirm ...

dragonfly_423

Do you ever forget stuff when you step out of the house? 🤔
Forgetting things is kind of part of who I am, I have always been a bit of a scatterbrain. 🤷‍♀️ So, more often than not, I reach launch only to find that I forgot part of my gear! Nothing to fret over if it is only a hat, socks or extra snacks. I won’t freak out either if I am not launching for a long XC flight and I ...