Check out the 'Kamshet Flying Experience' Written by and about our students, friends and pilots, these stories will give you a feel of the trip. Join us and have a blast!
From Colombo to Kamshet - Lankans learn to fly
Our training days on the ground was a lot of fun and excitement. 11 students, 4 instructors and 3 more ground crew who helped us spread the gliders, clear the lines and be ready for our runs and hops...
Skylords perform at Nirvana 'end of paragliding season party'- Astrid Rao
...6th June the designated last flying day of the season arrived and many pilots and students turned up to celebrate and fly together. Large mighty cumulus clouds looming over the site as well as a timely shower put paid to our hopes to get airborne but the outdoor celebrations went on even with the dampener...
'Sales-Tax Adventure Rally' (STAR) makes the skies their limit - Gopikrishnan
Gopikrishnan of the Star Group relates the experience of the group’s paragliding training experience. 10 mere mortals reach out to conquer the skies with the 5 day (P1) paragliding course. They had the star, now they have the stripes.
Tin Flyer goes paragliding - Ruth Murrell
...My most memorable flight was the first time I got enough lift to climb high above the take off area. It is an amazing feeling to soar with the eagles and see the world from such a different angle while dangling like a puppet on strings!.
free flying experience - Krupakar Singampally
...Clumps of thorny bushes are rushing towards me with threatening speed. Sanjay on the radio asks me to be calm, and that I will pass over the bushes. My second flight is not going so well after all, unlike my maiden flight. My first flight was near perfect. Gliding in the air, 100 ft above the ground, I had felt literally on top of the world.
Buzzing the tower - Richard Atkins
...You don't normally associate November with sunshine, or India with flying. Perhaps you're unsure of the locale. I was impressed with all 3. Kamshet is already around 1000ft asl. Take-off on the surrounding hills are around another 1000ft higher. Tower Hill is yet higher. The Western Ghats are an impressive range. The flora and fauna are also impressive if you like plants and animals.
Circus in the Sky - Astrid Rao
...We watch the new students looking skeptically at the 'illiterate' farmer and smile to ourselves. Even this will change. By the end of the training they will develop a newfound respect for the local farmer, his traditional wisdom and knowledge of micro meterology. That's what a paragliding holiday at Kamshet does for you, along with teaching you to soar with the birds. Personal flight!
'Student Pilot' - a first hand account by Anita Deshpande
...Ran hard and took off. Wow! What a feeling. It's so breathtaking, you forget to be scared. - Immediately your brain takes over. Apply right brake, then left and before you know it the ground is rushing to you. You apply brakes and land gently on your feet and feel the wing settle peacefully behind you. A good landing, a good flight.
'Quest for Flight' - Nirvana Paragliding Tandem Festival
The scene was one of action, the colorful gliders enhancing the festive mood. When all the passengers had finished their flights the pilots flew for their own pleasure. It was thrilling to see them perform antics in the sky almost like a variety of amusement park rides high up in the sky.
'Paragliding Weekend' - Astrid Rao
Binny was not so lucky it seems, the thorny karvanda bush got her. Much to the delight of the little village kids who ran eagerly clapping and giggling all the way. I watched them help her fold the glider, they were so adept at it. Observant little kids. Saw a car in the distance ... a couple of Nirvana club members have come for an evening flight ... watch them stop by (the local farmer) Shelar's hut, where the windsock hoisted on his roof promises good winds.
'Playing with the wind - kissed the sky' - by Lynn Plautz
As I fought to overcome my overwhelming feelings for self-preservation, my body lunged forward. my chute inflated, and i tried my hardest to run and get some forward speed. just then a gust of wind came and lifted me high into the sky. What a feeling. from intense loud rustling of my wings to complete silence, and soaring. I had one huge silly grin on my face i tell ya. Pure bliss.
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