http://adventureflying.at/

If you have never run off the steep edge of an Alpine mountain, climbed out to
cloud base and headed back into the higher, snow-covered regions of the European
Alps, you haven’t experienced true hang gliding freedom just yet.

After twenty-some intense years of competition flying, I eventually figured this
amazing sport had to be about more than just winning. Flying relentlessly
against each other on re-occurring tasks started to feel a lot like the unending
mission of the Flying Dutchman.

Flying exploratively across and not along mountain ridges suddenly made a lot
more sense to me, and back there amidst these majestic remote rocks I could
sense again what I had virtually lost while holding onto countless trophies on
countless podiums.

Setting out from unfamiliar sites I met new unfamiliar pilots. But, though they
all shared my newly gained passion about Alpine flying, I didn’t manage to
persuade them to join me. It was only then when I started realizing that not
everyone could afford the luxury of a few thousand hours of flying experience.
Because, what felt so satisfying and enjoyable to me was apparently a rather
stressful experience to the less experienced.

I came to understand that over time I had accumulated truly valuable “insider”
knowledge about the proper moves “back in there”, and I realised I would have to
share this knowledge, if I wanted to share that kind of flying with others.
That’s why I started the AdventureFlying Project.