LAURA MELISSA WILLIAMS
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Flights  of  Fire 

"Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight. 
For the greatest tragedy of them all,
​Is never to feel the burning light
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- Oscar Wilde
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Flight: an elemental affair.

A few years ago I took up the sport of paragliding.

Learning to fly has meant embracing a deep relationship with nature and with overcoming the fear of jumping off a cliff.

It’s not natural for humans to take our feet off the ground and place our faith and life in the hands of a plastic sheet, some nylon and clever engineering - to fly hundreds or thousands of
feet in the air. 

Having a good dose of ego is the golden thread through all extreme sports - it’s what makes you fight that fear and believe that you can master the sport - and survive.

In paragliding: the sun is both your friend and foe: a conductor of nature and the conditions that make flight possible - the sun provides thermals and wind.

To survive in paragliding you have to work with, and not against those conditions.

Overcoming your ego and accepting you’re a tiny part of something bigger, more majestic and powerful than just you - you become humble to the power of mother nature.

And - like Icarus, you have to be careful not to get too close to the sun.
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  • About
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    • Modern Love Project
    • Public Toilet Project
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      • Moon Landing
      • Pink Moon
      • Northern Lights
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