New Courses for Hang Gliders and Paragliders
Wilderness First Aid for Hang Gliders
New Wilderness First Aid Courses with High Peak First Aid for for Hang Gliders, Paragliders and Airsports enthusiasts! I recently had a flight in Nepal with Babu Suruwar the Nepali National Champion. Babu was my student on a Wilderness First Aid Course organised by Paddle Nepal and he was working for Blue Sky Paragliding owned by David Arrufat. When he said I should be his student I jumped at the chance! I have some excellent photos and a video flying from Sarangkot at Pokhara. Sadly we had to abort our original flight near Machhapuchare Base Camp due to an awesome thunderstorm – we fled down the valley to Green Wall with the storm chasing us but still managed to fly at a lower altitude and had a great time.
I nearly turned down the offer as I suffered from life threatening Pulmonary and Cerebral Oedema when working at a Rescue Post in Nepal a couple of years ago. A crackly phone call from Pokhara, Nepal to Judy Leden from Airways Airsports, Derbyshire saved the day! Judy Leden and her team have now been on a couple of courses with us so I took her advice and had a great flight!
Last week we had Mark Bosher from Peak Air Sports on a course – this lead to the development of 2 and 4 hour courses for fliers who do not need a Wilderness First Aid qualification as they are recreational flyers….but may need one! We now train all our Wilderness First Aid clients on how to treat a downed Hang Glider or Paraglider. We have a variety of kit so if you have been looking at our photos on our Facebook page you may gain a slight advantage. However, we have a variety of harnesses to test your skills. You maybe a Mountain Leader but it could be another outdoor user that you have to administer first aid to!
All of this activity has rubbed off on Jane – one of our admin staff who always wanted to jump of Bradwell Edge in the Peak District! So look out for some great photos in our gallery soon!
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