Paragliding, Day 3

Today we got to the mountain and found that it was too windy to glide. We waited around at the top for an hour, hoping the wind would die down. I was a little bit glad that we wouldn't be jumping today, as I was a bit sore from yesterday. We ended up doing training on the ground, in a rice field, instead. Unfortunately, I wimped out a bit. I had the instructor helping me (Brian had our friend who knows what he's doing helping him) and I didn't understand much of what he said... it was a lot of, "you do this ...." (he has very limited English) and I didn't understand whether I was supposed to be doing what he said or not doing it. When I questioned back ( a 'this or that' question) the reply was yes. I felt like I wasn't doing anything right, and I didn't understand why any of it was being done (I have to know why ...). Anyway, I ended up getting really frustrated, and ended up crying. I stopped early. Anyway, I'll do better next time ... in a couple weeks time when we go again.

Here's a pic of the others doing their ground training

Here's a pic from yesterday - this is me getting ready to do my first jump. That's our friend Dave (the experienced guy) helping me.

In the air...

...on my way.