“Over the sea, I was told to lean hard right, which sent us into a thrilling spin, with so much g force I could hardly breathe! Out of the spin, we gently floated to ground level, with a couple of gentle steps forward we were down, and it was all over far too soon.
Written by Emily Bittan
The 4×4 picked us up from our hotel and we drove up the steep, winding, mountain road to the paragliding platform. I was starting to get a little nervous, but was soon put at ease by my instructor who was busy strapping me into a harness and telling me that all I had to remember was to run, when he told me to…which did not feel like the most natural thing to do off the edge of a platform, with a 300 metre drop.