Paragliding at Alyeska

Matt and I decided to go on a bike ride through Girdwood. Well, somewhere along the way we lost each other when we went different ways around a building. I ended up finding a bear in the brush, which I quickly biked away from and then I headed home to get my phone so I could call Matt.


Well, Matt had found a friend who offered him a tandem paraglide off the mountain at Alyeska Resort. I quickly grabbed my camera from the house and biked back to resort in time to capture Matt's first tandem paraglide. What a great way to celebrate Soltice!

Matt really enjoyed it, which means we could end up taking up another hobby I suppose. We do live in a good area for it. Who knows what will be next. We can't even go for a normal bike ride. Instead of going home, Matt end's up gliding above Girdwood....

Running to take off... Just after take-off
Floating above Girdwood

A picture Matt took while in the air