Category: Flying Oceania

KIWI XMAS

December 24, 2013 | Flying Oceania, New Zealand, Oceania

Flying, not writing is on my mind at the moment. Almost three weeks have passed since I wrote a few sentences in SOLO SOARING. I have plenty of news, ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

KIWI XMAS

December 24, 2013 | Flying Oceania, New Zealand, Oceania

Flying, not writing is on my mind at the moment. Almost three weeks have passed since I wrote a few sentences in SOLO SOARING. I have plenty of news, a bunch of stories and heaps of photos to share. I've bought myself a hippy van, I'm merely one flight from certification as a paragliding pilot and I currently live in my own house in idyllic Lyttelton outside Christchurch. Life is seriously good and I can't stop smiling. In the near future I intend to be more circumstantial on recent and current events. Right now I just want to wish ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

SOLO SOARING

December 7, 2013 | Flying Oceania, New Zealand, Oceania

I'm slightly more than a week into the paragliding course in Sumner outside Christchurch. The weather conditions have been almost ideal and seven days of flying has given me ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

SOLO SOARING

December 7, 2013 | Flying Oceania, New Zealand, Oceania

I'm slightly more than a week into the paragliding course in Sumner outside Christchurch. The weather conditions have been almost ideal and seven days of flying has given me 37 solo flights! I can't believe how far I've been able to come in just a week. The learning curve, once you get consecutive days in the air, is very steep. In LEARNING TO FLY I described my first launch and flight which was an utterly unreal experience. It just keeps getting better and this week there's been a constant smile on my face. I can't get enough, I just ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

LEARNING TO FLY

November 30, 2013 | Flying Oceania, New Zealand, Oceania

I'm not sure if I've been clear enough in previous posts so let me say it again; I'm slightly tired of pedaling. I'm going to do something else. Since ...