Hang (not Hand) Gliding in Medellin...

jonas says on Apr 12, 2008, 20:18:

I reckon you can do it anywhere as long as you keep it private. You can have a paisa glide her hand or use your own. It is a very common thing but people don´t really talk about it much. It has been said to cause blindness but that´s a myth. And I guess no, it doesn´t matter where you do it. But in Medellin you really shouldn´t have a need, plenty of willing paisas offering "the real thing".

What I have, I do not want to lose, but Where I am I do not want to stay, but those I love, I do not want to leave, but those I know I no longer want to see, but Where I die, I do not want to go;I want to stay where I have never been

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tejasmarcos says on Apr 12, 2008, 20:20:

LOL! that is funny...

when can we expect the guide, usher?

when you go up to biblioteca espana and look out northwest over the other side of the valley, there is an area where there is alot of hang gliding. when we were there, i could see about 20 of them over the other side of the valley. it did look close to bello...

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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Mr. Hollywood says on Apr 12, 2008, 20:21:

Hang, not hand, right?

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Lisa Zee says on Apr 12, 2008, 20:24:

what the F.? And I was waiting to see what people post about this!??!!.

Before I came to live here, I had a B/F tha went hang gliding all over Colombia, him and his brother, there were all over the Colombian newspapers, they were the first ones in Colombia, it was awesome!

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jonas says on Apr 12, 2008, 20:28:

Lisa, I hope usher won´t have his experiences talked about in all the newspapers but you never know, it´s all public and happy now ;-)

What I have, I do not want to lose, but Where I am I do not want to stay, but those I love, I do not want to leave, but those I know I no longer want to see, but Where I die, I do not want to go;I want to stay where I have never been

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tejasmarcos says on Apr 12, 2008, 20:32:

i think the brits say "hand" and the gringos say "hang". both are correct.

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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jonas says on Apr 12, 2008, 20:35:

naeh, I don´t think so. Google it, the results on "hand gliding" are all "hang gliding".

What I have, I do not want to lose, but Where I am I do not want to stay, but those I love, I do not want to leave, but those I know I no longer want to see, but Where I die, I do not want to go;I want to stay where I have never been

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Robert Jorge says on Apr 12, 2008, 23:19:

There is a hang gliding / para-sailing club in Villavicencio. They go off the mountain overlooking town. I don't know any details. I just saw them floating around and saw the entrance to the club.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

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Lisa Zee says on Apr 12, 2008, 23:23:

Hang gliding off course!

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usher127 says on Apr 13, 2008, 06:53:

haha... shit. Yup, you got me. errr

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usher127 says on Apr 13, 2008, 07:03:

It is HANDgliding.... i mean... if you google it... you get loads of results... i.e.

http://www.abergavenny.org.uk/aerialactivities.htm

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vicshere says on Apr 13, 2008, 10:12:

http://www.ushpa.aero/

this should clear things up

listo

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lampltr says on Apr 13, 2008, 15:25:

Lisa, you are funny...thought it was WTF? Did not know para-sailing was that popular there....even more interesting now! I had often wondered though what would seriously happen if one was to stray off the beaten path and accidentally fly over one's cocoa fields or encampments, believe my area Risaralda may be a bit risky for that, but the eagerness is there oh my.....now lisa, WTF! jaja.

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Lisa Zee says on Apr 13, 2008, 15:33:

Well I said WTF, because I had no idea what he was talking about! I was hopping to read about a great experience, with hang gliding.

By the way, Hang Gliding and Para-sailing are 2 different things.

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lampltr says on Apr 13, 2008, 17:37:

Yes indeed...definately would not try hang gliding....seen too many bad incidents, Para-sailing seems more relaxed and safer

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