RE: It doesn't always go as planned | Somehow I figured out how to screw up a great day

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It doesn't always go as planned | Somehow I figured out how to screw up a great day

in paragliding •  5 years ago 

I'd guess they would be easy to get.
Mother nature can be fickle.

What is the entry bar, with tech gadgets to improve one's odds, to get airborne?

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Most instruments help to let you know what the wind is doing, direction, speed, up draft etc. You can also get real time weather on some devices. Those make it nice. I personally use a variometer, a gps locator in case I land out and don't have cell signal, and then I have my phone app that records my flight.

It helps to be able to go back and look at a flight to see what worked and what didn't.

I sure am liking the looks of it, once I am retired I bet I get one.
It has to be right up there with riding a motorcycle, but without the idiots in cages.