{"id":44,"date":"2016-03-09T08:43:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T08:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.thealternativeways.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2017-05-02T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T08:31:44","slug":"paragliding-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thealternativeways.com\/paragliding-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Living on the edge &#8211; Paraglide Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Imagine yourself travelling from one mountain to the next by flying. Imagine yourself in a position to take the best picture of the world. Imagine yourself looking over at a flock of birds migrating to southern lands&#8230; Imagine yourself paragliding around the world. No words can explain the sensation of paragliding, no words can explain the sensation of flying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is a video that will hopefully inspire to consider picking up this wonderful sport!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SiX2eGYJ2Kc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What you need to know:\u00a0<a title=\"Paragliding Around the World\" href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/adventure\/paragliding-101-what-you-need-to-know.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paragliding Around the World<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><a title=\"The Alternative Ways\" href=\"https:\/\/thealternativeways.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AWs<\/span><\/a> Tips and Tricks<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">-The Certification program is simple and very accessible (1000-2000$USD depending on where you do your certification).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">-Buying the harness and paraglide will cost around 5000$USD new. You can find safe used equipment for cheaper though!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">-For more information on certification programs, simply look up &#8216;Paragliding Certification [Country]&#8217; on Google!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">-After completing your certification, you can do another much cheaper certification, which allows you to legally teach others, <strong>making it a way to sustain your travel lifestyle for as long as you would like.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><a title=\"The Alternative Ways\" href=\"https:\/\/thealternativeways.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AWs<\/span><\/a> Overall Rating \u2013 ****<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adventure \u2013 *****<\/p>\n<p>Culture \u2013 *<\/p>\n<p>Cheapness \u2013 **\u00a0\u2013 High cost to get certified and buy equipment, but no continuous costs in comparison to other flight sports.<\/p>\n<p>Comfort \u2013 ****<\/p>\n<p>Safety \u2013 ***<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability \u2013 ****<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Headline Photo Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/texaus1\/11885805674\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr Creative Commons Paraglider<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine yourself travelling from one mountain to the next by flying. 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No words can explain the sensation of paragliding, no words can explain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,190,138,66],"tags":[24,16,209],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Living on the edge - Paraglide Around the World - The Alternative Ways<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Imagine yourself travelling from one mountain to the next by flying; in a position to take the best pictures of the world. 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