Paragliding!!!!

Wow! I can’t believe it! I am going paragliding today!! I will live my dream today. I will be learning to fly, because I am a Wren and that’s what Wrens do! They fly and swoop and twirl in the air. 

We met our guides at the gondola station at 10:00. Just as planned. Then, we got on the gondola and rode it to the top of the mountain. My mom seemed to be more nervous than either Riley or I and she wasn’t even jumping off a cliff with a guy that you only met twenty minutes ago and expecting a very large sail or kite thing to catch you or save you from falling to your death. Yeah, sounds fun! Right?!

Anyway, I had no intention of getting scared of this, but when the guide gave me instructions to start running full speed toward the edge of the cliff, that’s when I actually thought that I was going to die/pee myself. And that would of been very awkward. Good news, I didn’t do any of those. Bad news, I could of sworn that I was going to throw up.

OH MY GOD! I..... it........ Wow! I was speechless. One minute I thought that I couldn’t stop talking but now, for some reason the only things that I could say were “ HOLY CRAP” and “ I’M GONNA DIE!!!” But after a few minutes went by I finally got the feeling of it! 

The ride through the air was smooth and wicked windy. The feeling of the cool air blow drying my face and my crazy, red hair in my face being free. With the thought of “ If this rope breaks, I’m dead” racing through my head. Being able to look down and seeing all the people pointing at you, looking like tiny little sugar ants trying to get a picture of you flying above them. Then, when you look straight ahead you see the most beautiful sight ever! The snow capped mountains, the sharpness of the cliffs, as if you touched the blades of them they would slice your skin as if your finger was a cooked carrot stick. 

The guide took many pictures and videos with his GoPro camera. He asked if I wanted to do some swoops and swirls and of course I said yes! Woahhhhhhh! It was amazing! I had somany butterflies in my stomach but, being me I didn’t want to notice the insects fluttering around in my tummy because I was too busy enjoying the last five minutes of my flying time. When he stopped, I knew it was time to land. All you have to do is just put out your deer and start running a little just to let the sail know that we are on the ground again. It really wasn’t that hard. It was a whole lot more helpful to have a natural strapped to your back. Oh! And he also let my fly it and control which way to go! Awesome right? 

When we said our goodbyes, we left the mountain and rode to our next campsite. Talk about that part later on. Love you guys! Hope the Fourth of the July was a blast. Heard a little about home. Can’t wait to see you guys! 8 days left! 😢 😆 ♥️ 

-Wrennie