Taking the gondola up to the launch point

Cemetery at the gondola. Maybe they get their business from unsuspecting novice paragliders?

Putting my life in Ben's hands! (He's awfully cute, no?)

My orders - walk fast, then when he tells me, run off the edge of the cliff. Uh, ok.

Super fun after that whole "run off the edge of the cliff" thing

Wanna do a few loops? Sure! Wait...on second thought...is that my stomach in my throat?

Ben did a great job - I felt safe the whole time

19. QT - Paragliding!

April 24 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F

The first thing I saw when glancing out from the balcony of our room was the paragliders soaring like birds down from the mountain top.

I am so doing that! 😎

I signed up, headed up the gondola, got my marching orders and off we went. I'll let the pix tell the rest of the story.

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