The world's second-highest paragliding take-off. Run ten paces, step off, and watch the Dhauladhars slide beneath your knees.
Billing is a meadow shelf high on the Dhauladhar; Bir, the landing ground, sits about a thousand metres below among tea gardens and a Tibetan settlement founded by refugees in the 1960s. The gap between the two is the flight.
October and November bring the cleanest air and the most dependable thermals, which is why the competition season falls then. A tandem needs no experience at all and lasts anywhere from a quarter of an hour to well over one, depending entirely on what the mountain is doing that afternoon.
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A cedar-wood cabin in Bir, walking distance to the launch.
