SAFA Skysailor Magazine

32 SKY SAILOR September-October-November | SPRING 2025 When I started re-learning to paraglide after a 30-year break, I knew safety had improved dramatically during that time. By other pilots and during my training course, I was duly warned of the dangers of adverse weather, moving beyond my skill level, flying over trees or water, other aircraft, etc, etc, even angry eagles, one of which I met a minute into my very first flight at Lake George a year or so ago, but nobody warned me about roos! Fight or flight – the hidden dangers of ground-handling by Dave Richards