Flying Dry Spell

It's been almost two months since I last posted here, but my excuse is pretty good: I haven't been flying.

This year was a bit funny for me. My enthusiasm for paragliding dwindled and my passion for the sport, although there, wasn't nearly as strong as it has been in the last few years.

It's funny how your priorities can change. A couple years ago I was so gung-ho about flying and fantasized about being an amazing tandem pilot, doing competitions and doing well, and blowing everyone out of the water with my sweet acro moves. I kept up my enthusiasm for quite some time, but then the realities of other life related things took over, and now other goals and ambitions have superseded being the ultimate paragliding goddess.

I'm not about to quit the sport or anything, but my attitude has changed to flying when I want to (not because I'm being forced to, etc.) and landing when I'm not having fun anymore. That's what I did this summer and I clocked about 50 hours, whereas the pilots around me clocked twice or three times that.

I do miss flying, but I'm not going through any withdrawal since my last flight. I'm also OK with the reality of probably not flying for the next couple months.

A possible trip to Nepal is in the cards in the new year, and I would most definitely do some paragliding out there. Nothing is confirmed at the moment, but regardless, that would still mean a minimum of three more months without any flying.

In any case, I try not to bore you, the reader, with blogs posts just for the sake of posting, so I will not be updating my blog until I fly again. This is a temporary hiatus for me, and I will be back. You can count on that.