 Poster: A snowHead
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Some of our crew want to try paragliding, has anyone used this company before, TandemTOP Christophe "ASTRO" Long or can anyone recommend someone. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Anyone operating tandem paragliding operations should be fully qualified tandem pilots. Your travel insurance may not cover you in the unlikely event that you have an accident.
In the winter the paragliding flights are generally not that exciting because there will be little or no thermic lift and you flight will simply be be "a sled ride" down from "top to bottom". A typical flight at this time of year will last about 10 minutes.
However, if it's a nice sunny day you'll enjoy the feeling of floating through the air.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If you go too the top off the Col de loze above altiport you can find the experts hanging around up there and might be able to get a flight for a good price 
Regards Mark
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| welshflyer wrote: |
A typical flight at this time of year will last about 10 minutes.
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Sounds more like a speed-flying session
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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davidof,
I paraglide. No way on earth would I try speed-flying/speed-riding, there have been too many fatalities in that sport.
The Col de Loze take off is above Couchevel Le Praz/1850. I don't know where the Meribel take off is.
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Thanks for the feedback, I must say they are getting cold feet, (no pun intended!)....at 90euros a flight, I would too! 
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Kiters,
When are you going?
If you're going later in the ski season, when the snow starts to melt in the town, there is more likelihood of there being thermals (not the ones you wear) and if the paraglider pilot hasn't got a queue of customers waiting he may take you flying for longer than the "10-15 minute sled ride".
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The guys are looking at 26th Jan, so it seems like just a straight jump and down in. .Im not even contemplating it, too chicken ! The guide has said the following
its a 1400m high meter flight, land and Méribel center and time of flight is 15 mins
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Kiters,
You could always do a tandem paragliding flight here in the UK instead of wasting valuable skiing time.
Look at the British Hanggliding & Paragliding Association (BHPA) website. I don't know who does tandems in your area, I know most of the pilots on the South Downs near Brighton.
One of the meccas for paragliding in the UK is SE Wales. The SE Wales flying club with donations from most of the other British clubs bought the Blorenge Mountain overlooking Abergavenny for free flying.
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