paragliding
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Felix Baumgartner, the first person to fall faster than the speed of sound, died at 56 after crashing into a hotel swimming pool while paragliding in Italy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
"I thought I had just slept funny on a sun lounger, I was hoping to go paragliding but because of my backache I couldn't go," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
A video showed Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff declaring he had carried out "the first Gaza paragliding flight in history".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2023
This edition raises the stakes by taking all the glamour of yachting and mixing it with extreme activities — including paragliding, exploring caves and helicopter rides.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
When working from Medellín, Colombia, I was able to go paragliding on my lunch break, because I found a tour that would pick me up and drop me back home within the hour.
From Washington Post
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