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Ramesh landing at the bottom of chotta hill

More photos from the first batch of Basic course

Climbing up to the chotta hill

Resting under the Big Banyan

Big Banyan chill out at we wait for the winds to die down

Ground handling session at the Big Banyan

Basic Course: batch 1, Jan/Feb 09

Ground Handling at Hoskote

Ground Handling at Hoskote

Chotta Hill take off

take off from chotta hill

Read up Vijay's account of his completion of the Basic Course

Completion of First Paragliding course at Bangalore

PG Massala is happy to announce that it has completed the first paragliding course conducted at Bangalore in collaboration with BMCindia.com and GetOffUrAss.com. The course saw the participation of 8 students, Akshay, Ramesh, Vijay, Anand, Barath, Krishna, Abha and Kanishk. It was a successful Basic course with everyone managing at least 1 flight from the chota hill, with the most ardent participants achieving 3 solo flights. Some videos will be posted later on.

After completion of each course, PG Massala inspects each gliders for any wear and tear, this means inspecting the sailcoth as well as each lines to make sure no damage has occured. If any are found, these are repaired in the Sailloft facility of Raj Hamsa Ultralights Pvt Ltd, the only company in Bangalore with such facilities. The gliders are then cleaned and packed properly awaiting the next batch. This inspections ensures the longevity of the gliders as well as safety for the next students.

Alison's first flight at Chota Hill

Alison's First Flight from Dipankar Roy on Vimeo.

After days of perfecting her kiting skills Alison makes her first flight on Jan 18th from the Training Hill (Chota Hill) at Nandi under the supervision of Vrata. Welcome to the Free Flying Fraternity.

A New Paragliding School in Bangalore

As of this coming w.e. we have a new paragliding school in Bangalore. The PG Massala Club, in collaboration with Bangalore Mountaineering Club (bmcindia.org) and Getoff Ur Ass the Adventure Store (getoffurass.com) , will be conducting courses Nandi Hills and Hoskote with 4 brand new gliders. All those interested should link up with:

bmcindia.org/paragliding

two course are offered, the initiation course and the mountain flying course. Once you have successfully graduated from both, you will be able to keep progressing by flying in a safe environment with the senior members of the PG Massala Club.

hope to catch you in the skies of Nandi!