Oudebosch Paragliding TakeOff

Today we went up the Oudebosch hill, right next my father in law's diary farm. Up there is a Paragliding takeoff area but it was too windy for any flying. I myself am only into paramotoring now but still have a few friends at the paragliding club. Nice view from up there :-)

Picture near my field landing.

A few weeks ago I did run out of fuel, while returning from a epic flight at a nearby water dam. It was only 3Km from 'home' but the terrain was so difficult and remote, it took me hours to get any help. The fact that it got dark while walking with the motor on my back, did not help either. Anyway, while looking over my old track logs, I saw the one flight from last year, which had a similar return path. I quickly checked for pictures I took during that flight and  guess what: One single picture was taken and it was at the exact spot (+-150m) from where I was forced to land. The only difference was the altitude :-) Should I have had this height while my engine cut off, I should have easily glided the 3KM to home. WTF This is life :-) 

Paragliding at Buffel's Bay.

This is our second last day in Buffel's Bay. A few paragliding buds from C-Town (South Africa), demonstrated some fine ground control while taking of from a perfectly level beach. OK, they used the dune as a 'wind elevator' but they never walked up the overgrown dune. The wind was way to strong for paramotoring. How bad (for me). I have try to paramotor earlier but the 20+Km/h wind kept me on the ground.I have decided to wake up at 06:00 tomorrow morning, hopping the wind will not be too strong.