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Para-Gliding in Himachal Pradesh : |
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Himachal Tourism sponsors training programmes and
events at various times of the year. in different places. There is
an Adventure Sports Hostel at Dharamshala and an Aero Sports Complex
at Bir. For details of training facilities, contact sports associations,
or the Divisional Tourism Development Officers of Himachal Tourism.Riding
the warm thermal currents of the air, is perhaps the closest man
has ever come to sailing the skies as free as a bird. Almost at will,
you dip and wheel high over the hills and valleys.
The bald peak of Billing, above the Buddhist Monastery of Bir in Kangra, has
been the venue for five national and three international hang-gliding rallies
since 1984. The site is perfect for para-gliding too. And this sport is a mix
of sky-diving and hang-gliding. A fairly recent sport that is steadily gaining
popularity, para-gliding is possible at various places in the state. Places where
para-gliding is done regularly are - Bundla Dhar near Bilaspur, in the Kullu
valley and at Intkali in the Pabbar valley near Rohru.
Himachal Tourism sponsors training programmes and events at various times of
the year. in different places. There is an Adventure Sports Hostel at Dharamshala
and an Aero Sports Complex at Bir. For details of training facilities, contact
sports associations, or the Divisional Tourism Development Officers of Himachal
Tourism. |
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Hang gliding in Himachal Pradesh : |
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Hang gliding is usually performed
by using air current without an engine power. The pilot is suspended
in a swing harness from the centre of the keel and maintains control
wholly by weight shift arrangement with the help of airframe. To
take off, the pilot runs on a down hill approximately 40-degree
slope
and is airborne the moment he crosses the gliders stalling speed,
which vary from 15-km to 30-km per hour. Soaring can be done by
using ridge lifts created by wind striking the hill face or by
hot air
columns known as "thermals" that keep rising upward from
the sun heated surface. One can fly as long as one wishes once
he has acquired good experience.
Well they say the sky is the limit. If you want to touch the skies
and sky is the limit for you, then hang gliding is the sport for
you. You jog down a slope and glide away from the mountain. You do
not free-fall or jump off of a cliff. Your launches and landings
are deliberate and, once in the air, you will probably be surprised
by how peaceful the experience is.
Hang Gliding is a new sport practised at Billing, 14-km from Bir and is said
to be among the finest sites for hanggliding in the world. An annual hanggliding
tournament is also held over here. |
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