The Take-Off

Before take-off, their eyes set on the wind sleeve, at St Hilaire du Touvet, near Grenoble, one of Europe’s best known spots for paragliding.

Here they go!

It takes two to tango, even on a paraglider…

“En pointe” dancing, while taking off

Seeing paragliders take-off is a must-see (don’t forget to select the 1080p quality option for HD by clicking the HD selector wheel ). The music is a creative commons piece crafted by danosongs.com

Seeing things from above is even more impressive ; yet that was above my means  though so I decided to borrow this video from Fabrice Genevay

This guy didn’t quite seem to be able to sort out all the lines on his paraglider. By checking the technical description, I saw it’s called a “line cascade” ; now you know why…

With a little bit of help from his friends…

A view of the valley from the top of St Hilaire du Touvet.

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Yann Gourvennec

I'm a photographer and watercolourist. I have practiced photography since childhood and digital photography since 1995. I turned it into my main occupation in 2021. I own a photo studio in Paris, France.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris

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