My right elbow (with the stitches), shoulder and knee all asked for a day off from paragliding (seeing as I couldn’t actually bend my elbow enough to work the brake of the paraglider due to the bandage...it was a bit of a no brainer). Everyone from the camp walked into town and we ate a nice veg thali lunch and then American Dave and I purchased food in the market for a lovely barbeque we had over an open fire later that night.
Max and American Dave enjoying the local thali:
The small Panchgani market:
Gilles giving a demo of how to use the new lungi that American Dave bought:
Now Olivier's turn:
When we returned to camp, Gilles, Max and English Dave all took off from a clearing that has been carved out on the ridge just below the camp. The rest of us watched them take off and fly and we were later amused by Dave trying to top land at the camp...which is a pretty tricky prospect (I wouldn’t even entertain the idea). In the end he had to land elsewhere but hats off to him for trying.
Gilles checking his lines before launching just below camp:
English Dave taking off:
Dave flying over us:
Dave pulling big ears coming towards us:
Dave performing a wingover in the distance:
The communal barbeque was a success although finding firewood was quite the challenge but we managed to find just enough. Hopefully I might be able to fly tomorrow as that was the whole point of coming up to Panchgani....
Another nice sunset:
The chicken cooking on our barbeque fire:
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