One of the best experiences I had in all of college was when I studied abroad in France and went "parapenting." It's kind of like tandem paragliding. Without any prior training, you drive up to the top of a mountain, set up a canopy, and then literally run off the slope until the wind catches the parafoil and you become airborne. Here, my friend Hillary (who is currently studying abroad in Florence) prepares for liftoff:
Parapenting is free-fall, so you pretty much feel like you're flying. It was an exhilarating endorphin rush! (This, coming from someone who hates roller coasters, camping, or anything remotely dangerous. Making s'mores in the microwave is about as outdoorsy as I get.) You can use hand controls to steer and do aerial acrobatics.
Here, my friend Kayt looks out over the water mid-flight. She graduated from Tufts this year and is currently doing Teach for America in the Mississippi Delta.
We were able to see the entirety of Lake Annecy! Talloires, the village where we took classes, is one of the outcroppings on the right.
Kayt, ecstatic that she survived the landing in the middle of a field.
Meanwhile, other Tufts students who studied abroad opted to ride camels in Israel, scale Machu Picchu, and attempt bungee-jumping and sky-diving in Australia!
Parapenting is free-fall, so you pretty much feel like you're flying. It was an exhilarating endorphin rush! (This, coming from someone who hates roller coasters, camping, or anything remotely dangerous. Making s'mores in the microwave is about as outdoorsy as I get.) You can use hand controls to steer and do aerial acrobatics.
Here, my friend Kayt looks out over the water mid-flight. She graduated from Tufts this year and is currently doing Teach for America in the Mississippi Delta.
We were able to see the entirety of Lake Annecy! Talloires, the village where we took classes, is one of the outcroppings on the right.
Kayt, ecstatic that she survived the landing in the middle of a field.
Meanwhile, other Tufts students who studied abroad opted to ride camels in Israel, scale Machu Picchu, and attempt bungee-jumping and sky-diving in Australia!
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