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A small window to fly at Taylor’s Mistake today.
After lots of parawaiting I need to add, There was (what turned out to be an extremely) small window to fly at Taylor’s Mistake today. Sorry no photo’s or video’s of/from me, it was really tiny. The flight plan was pretty much: 1. Takeoff, 2. Climb quickly before heading…
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The Te Araroa is calling.
No excuses, I am going back on the trail in November, Someone, lets call her a “friend” of a Emily’s, sent me a link to a podcast from Radio NZ. Perhaps she also reads my blog, if so… you know who you are and thank you. Especially after yesterday,…
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My Blog – Looking back on the past 5 months.
Reminiscences after writing “Wow, this is post number 150 too” yesterday, I have been thinking a lot after writing my 150th post on this blog yesterday. Time really flies past all of us if you do not pay attention and make a conscious effort everyday to make the most…
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Updating this site.
Yes, it doesn’t look like much, but it still takes a fair amount of time keeping all of Floating Phil up to date, I spent most of my day behind the computer, updating this site, getting thing ready to update on YouTube, searching for a couple of other things…
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It’s Saturday, set to be a busy day on the hill.
Especially with the prediction pointing to potentially a awesome day for flying, I got out of bed early (for me at least) to be ready and waiting on the hill. It had the potential to become strong and “blowout” quickly, so I didn’t want to miss my chance of…
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Para-waiting.
Yes, parawaiting is a skill you master in order to paraglide, This term is used to quantify the time you spend on the hill waiting… Waiting for the the wind direction or strength to change, for the conditions to improve, for the clouds or fog to lift or the…
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