Outdoors & Adventure
Paragliding
Take a tandem flight first, then decide whether to train
The order is clear: fly tandem with an instructor once, which is enough to tell whether you want this, and only then pay for training, which is the real expense. It behaves more like a weather hobby than an extreme sport, since much of the time is spent on a hillside waiting for wind that may never arrive.
First stepBook a tandem flight with an instructor at a paragliding site, ask about the training path while you're up there, and decide on the course afterwards.
Barriers
Cost to start
$50–300
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
You will sweat
Without a teacher?
Needs a teacher
One session takes
A full day
Where
A special place
Why people take it up