No Escape From The Planet Of The Apes

Hiya, Hiya, Hiya!

I had an interesting meeting 2 weeks ago. I met an inventor and all around good-guy from Tokyo, Japan by the name of Shuji. We were working together at the Ion Farm when I heard someone mention that he was a paraglider. Now I knew that there was an activity called paragliding and it involved a modified parachute, but there was a lot I didn't realize as well. That's when Shuji broke out his videos. These were amazing to see. The man had been paragliding for 8 years and said it was easy and anybody could do it. He said it took him 3 months to get his license. The hook had been set and now that's what I want to do.

Soon I began looking for other videos and good information. I remember thinking nearly the entire time that Shuji was explaining his sport that I have a brother that lives in Utah, so why aren't we doing this? I found paragliding sites close to were I live, sites in West Virginia, and, of course, Utah. Now I'm getting really stoked up about the whole thing. I found a paragliding instruction school near Salt Lake City, that can certify you as a novice solo pilot in 8-10 days, allowing half of the instruction fee to be used towards gear.


It took me 2 weeks to get in contact with my brother due to the cell phone blues, but I eventually did and he said that he would be more than happy to videotape me doing my thing, but he will not pursue paragliding. I respect that.

So now, I have to find the slice of time I want for myself to make this thing happen. I'm way-hey-hey-hey excited about this!!