Flying Hiatus
Well, it's been almost a month since I've written anything here, and as I could feel the anticipation growing to dangerous levels across the globe, I figured it was time to grace you all with my online presence.
These days it seems plenty of pilots are going on flying vacations, upgrading their gear, or talking smack on the pg forum as usual, but I can't say that I've been participating in any of these things. My life has taken a bit of a turn, and I have decided to move out to the coast...VERY shortly!
I love to fly and it's been a huge priority for me over the last couple of years, but for the next little while it's time to prioritize other things. That's not to say I'll be flying less - quite the contrary. Around Calgary the flying is quite limited unless you are willing to hike, or drive at least a couple of hours. My new home will have me living much closer to the flying sites, and with a longer flying season, that should mean more airtime.
Right now, the days are short, the weather is typically shit, and the flying is minimal, marginal, or non-existent most days, but as a lesson in patience is regularly bestowed upon me in paragliding, it's time to apply that lesson to my attitude towards paragliding in general, and to other areas of life as well. There's not a doubt in my mind that I won't fly in the next couple months - I'm just on a sort of flying hiatus right now.
A break is probably a good thing - even the thought of taking my wing out of its bag after weeks of being paraglidingless only increases my excitement to fly again anyway!
These days it seems plenty of pilots are going on flying vacations, upgrading their gear, or talking smack on the pg forum as usual, but I can't say that I've been participating in any of these things. My life has taken a bit of a turn, and I have decided to move out to the coast...VERY shortly!
I love to fly and it's been a huge priority for me over the last couple of years, but for the next little while it's time to prioritize other things. That's not to say I'll be flying less - quite the contrary. Around Calgary the flying is quite limited unless you are willing to hike, or drive at least a couple of hours. My new home will have me living much closer to the flying sites, and with a longer flying season, that should mean more airtime.
Right now, the days are short, the weather is typically shit, and the flying is minimal, marginal, or non-existent most days, but as a lesson in patience is regularly bestowed upon me in paragliding, it's time to apply that lesson to my attitude towards paragliding in general, and to other areas of life as well. There's not a doubt in my mind that I won't fly in the next couple months - I'm just on a sort of flying hiatus right now.
A break is probably a good thing - even the thought of taking my wing out of its bag after weeks of being paraglidingless only increases my excitement to fly again anyway!
posted by Veronica at 11:08 PM
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