Sunrise Paragliding, Pokhara, Nepal |
Sunrise Paragliding truck from town to the launch site on Sarangkot |
Lamjung Himal (6931m) from Sarangkot |
Sarangkot takeoff 1450m |
Paraglider launch site, Sarangkot, Nepal |
Paraglider launch site, Sarangkot, Nepal |
View east over the terraced hillside of Sarangkot |
View east from paraglide launch site, Sarangkot |
View east over the terraced hillside of Saragkot |
Farm houses and small villages on the southern face of Sarangkot |
Paraglider launch site, Sarangkot, Nepal |
View of Lake Phewa, Pokhara from Sarangkot |
The first solo flyer off the mountain |
Paraglider running for takeoff, Sarangkot |
Paraglider launched off Sarangkot |
Paraglider flying from Sarangkot, north of Pokhara, Nepal |
Pokhara's Phewa Lake with a paraglider |
Pokhara's Phewa Lake with a paraglider |
Paraglider with the sun |
Preparing a tandem paraglider launch |
Tandem paraglider launch, Sarangkot, Nepal |
Paraglider over Lake Phewa |
More paragliders join the first, Sarangkot |
Five paragliders over Phewa Tal, Pohkhara |
Paragliders off Sarangkot with a view of Phewa Lake and Pokhara, Nepal |
It's my turn now...soaring over Sarangkot in a tandem paraglider |
Sarangkot from a paraglider |
As the glider clearned the hillside, the Annapurna Range came into view |
Annapurna IV and the higher Annapurna II (7937m/26,039ft) |
What a great place to fly...! The Annapurnas and Sarangkot |
The Annapurnas and Sarangkot |
Annapurna II (7937m/26,039ft) |
Flock of paragliders, Sarangkot, Pokhara, Nepal |
Flock of paragliders, Sarangkot, Pokhara, Nepal |
Tandem Paraglider in flight |
Well clear now of the launch site with a good view back to Sarangkot |
The distinctive peak of Machapuchare (6993m/22,965ft) |
Paraglider with the shore of Lake Phewa, Pokhara |
Looking up at my canopy |
Paraglider detail in flight |
Now there are at least 10 of us up here |
Machhapuchhre with a paraglider, Pokhara |
Paraglider with Machhapuchhare (6997m), Annapurna Range of the Himalaya |
Soaring over the terraced fields covering the hillside of Sarangkot, Pokhara |
Tandem paraglider, Nepal |
Soaring over Sarangkot with the Annapurna Range running east from Machhapuchhare |
Looking down.... |
Machhapuchhare (6997m) Fish Tail in Nepali |
Paragliding, Pokhara, Nepal |
Paragliding over Sarangkot |
Looking down at two other paragliders |
Paragliding over Sarangkot and the Nepal Himalaya |
Sarangkot and Machhapuchhare, Nepal |
Paraglider with the terraces of Sarangkot |
Paraglider with Sarangkot, Annapurna III and Machhapuchhare, Nepal |
Traditional Nepali hillside houses, Sarangkot |
Flock of paragliders, Sarangkot, Nepal |
Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) in flight with Machhapuchhare |
Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) joined the flock of paragliders soaring off Sarangkot |
No, we're not chasing the bird....Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) |
Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) |
Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) in flight, Pokhara, Nepal |
Looking up at the rest of the paragliders |
Paragliding, Nepal |
We regained our altitude |
Paragliding, Sarangkot, Nepal |
Paragliders with Machhapuchhre, Pokhara |
Paraglider with Lamjung Himal (6931m) |
Paraglider with Annapurna II & IV |
Paraglider with the Annapurna Range centered on Machhapuchhare |
Machhapuchhare (6997m) and Annapurna III (7855m/25,770ft) |
Paraglider with Machhapuchhare, Pokhara, Nepal |
A small temple with a painted tiger on the slopes of Sarangkot |
Silently gliding past five Nepali men out enjoying the view, Sarangkot |
Lower slopes of Sarangkot with Phewa Lake |
Our landing zone on the north shore of Phewa Lake near Pokhara |
Shores of Lake Phewa, Pokhara, Nepal |
Shores of Lake Phewa, Pokhara, Nepal |
Terraced fields on the lower slopes of Sarangkot, Nepal |
Fish farming along the shores of Lake Phewa, Nepal |
On approach to the Landing Zone along Lake Phewa |
Family working wone of the rice terraces |
Looking west along the north shore of Lake Phewa, Nepal |
North shore of Lake Phewa |
Short final to the LZ |
My pilot from Sunrise Paragliding |
My pilot gathering up the glider |
Another tandem on short final |
Not a pretty touchdown... |
Paraglider Landing Zone, Lake Phewa |
Boys packing up the gliders for transport back up the mountain |
Solo pilot landing |
Lake Phewa |