This was quite a thrill. There's truly no experience quite like feeling the ground lift off your feet as a gust of wind grabs hold of your hangglider.  Your harness tugs on your chest while you see the world decending below.
   This experience was inspired by my freuquent telling of friends "No, no bungee jumping for me, no sky diving... I want to hangglide!"  And so when this oportunity arose, I decided to put my money where my mouth was and get it done.  It was worth every penny.
   By the way, this isn't parasailing.  This is far more dangerous, and you move much much faster.  I'm riding tandem, which explains the instructor's head poking into the picture as well.  He handled the takeoff and landing , and did the majority of the steering as well.