Hang Gliding Over Lookout Mountain
I like adventure. There's something about pushing yourself past the familiar and grabbing a new experience that always excites me. So when offered the chance to fly over Tennessee and Georgia, from the stunning Lookout Mountain, I literally jumped at the opportunity. I toured Chattanooga, Tennessee on a sponsored press trip and nothing will stick in my memory like hang gliding. A lot of people assume that's it's a frightening experience but I frankly am more afraid flying inside of an airplane. I felt no abrupt stomach drop, no heart palpitations, just the breezy sensation of flying through the air. As I blew over trees and pastures with my instructor Eric ,I felt like I was riding a kite. It was fun and intoxicating. What travel adventure will you always remember?
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I have love/hate relationship with flying. I know that I would be attracted to gliding if I tried it, but I can't even bring myself to start off. Isn't that funny?
I love the post and the freedom it carries. I sometimes find myself staring down below at a road from the safety of a tall building and wondering what it would be like to just let go, and drop down. Oh, crazy thoughts, I know. :-)
Fab article.
Greetings from London.
Anonymous, yes, that's totally true.
Cubano,did the flight look scary? It looked like fun to me and it was. Again, if you have a struggle with heights, hang gliding isn't the place to face it. I don't think your thoughts are crazy at all, it's your subconscious pushing you to challenge your hesitation about heights.
Andrea, thanks so much for dropping by!
Jesson and Rey Ann, it was a lot of fun.
As far a travel adventures go, my favorite has been a zipline over the trees and ocean in OKinawa.
Fun video!
Catherine, oh it was!