October 2009
Following a tip to in Annecy to visit St-Gervais-les-Bains near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc we turned up to the opening evening of the second ‘4807 vol light’. For you non-flyers this translates as ‘Light[weight] flying [from] 4807 metres’. This event, organized by the St Gervais local FFVL flying club, comprises a hike each day, of around three [...]
The world’s biggest free flight fair, paragliding, hang gliding, balloons
July 2009
A hilltop town with its own castle and very, very small streets. It is a medieval town after all designed for a horse and trap not big vans. If visiting from the south drive to the castle and then follow the ‘ring road’ through the outskirts of the town. ‘Ring road’ = 0.5 metres [...]
July 2009
A big detour to find a paragliding launch site listed on paraglidingearth.com
On arrival the area adjacent to the beach was fenced off with no entry signs so we had to abort and move on.
