April 2013
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Dusty Trails
‘Paragliding can be a life-sustaining option for the local pilots, for those who can fly tandem.
‘The shyness of the local pilots has gone. They’ve started mingling with others. Now they’re stars in their villages. They’re motivating lots of other boys. The earlier notion was that paragliding was for crazy people. This time there were over 200 tandem flights; 72 tandems on the final day. People were scrambling to get in queue.’
‘I’m from a small place, but paragliding has given me friends all over the world. It gives me great satisfaction; it gives me a high. The others in my team are John Thomas, Shiju, Salvin, Biju, Clint, Kevin, Jobin. Trainer: Narendra Raman’ Photos courtesy: FlyVagamon Facebook page with permission
Vinil Thomas