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The autumn at the Wasserkuppe in the middle of Germany can be foggy and wet. This was the fact at the last training in the Rhön and in this way the 8th Groundhandling Seminar for Clubtrainer started too. But the bad weather could not stop anyone to unpack his glider. They all were curious to learn Mike Küng’s special technique and tricks for perfect gliderhandling in strong wind conditions.
Without getting tired the groundhandlers were running on the soft meadows and hills of the Wasserkuppe. The arms in paralell position the students started thier gliders, stabilized it, ran diagonal, made small jumps. Sudorific, but also funny. As the paragliders got more and more wet, it was very hard to lift them up in the air and you needed very sensitive fingers, because the travel ranges got very short.
On Sunday Heaven’s weather specialist took compassion on the pilots and sent some sunrays. Playing in the wind the participants could consolidate their skills. Now in the sun as a „dry version“. In a competition including running up and down the hills, through windward and tricky lee, the pilots could compare their ability. Finally there was the legendary „Somersault Contest“.
In the afternoon all students packed their equipment completely exhausted. „In the future I will never again do jogging. That is boring in any case. Groundhandling is the much more brilliant training!“ one of the pilots said. He is right! An it is possible in nearly every weather conditions.
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