Are You Giving In To Age Or Gender Expectations?

There are much more men then women that are into paragliding, there are much more young people then elderly ones in the field, but is there really a good reason? I’ve read this post stating the world age records and found out the people in their 70th are a rare but existing phenomenon in the paragliding field.

In Israel, paragliding has some history, starting with the Zoom Club pioneering efforts of Yair Shachar. He in turn taught a certain Baruch Gurwitz to fly, at the age of 70! In fact, in 1998 Baruch earned an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest paraglider pilot. He was 77. That record has not lasted though! Since then, a short film has been made about the exploits of a 79 year old Polish pilot. Miroslaw Dembinski produced the film, winning a prize in the Banff Mountain Film Festival.

As for gender, paragliding is fun and there are women that enjoy it but it still appeals more to men. Can you imagine your mother paragliding on their free time? Why not it sounds cool!