NEPAL COURSES : Oct 2004 - March 2005
NEW S.I.V. and Acro course! 28th-30th
Oct / 11th-13th Nov / 27th-29th / 16th-18th Dec 2004
/ 4th-6th Jan / 3rd-5th Feb / 28th-30th Feb / 3-5th
March 2005.
Expeditions/ holidays
arranged for qualified pilots £750 including
travel and accommodation.
12th-25th Nov / 3rd-15th DEC / 21st DEC - 3rd Jan
/ 16th-29th Jan.
Cross - country courses 4th-8th Nov 2004 /
20th-26th Jan / 7th-11th Feb
BEGINNER 10 day courses
£750 course fee
16th-26th Nov 2004.
5th-15th / 18th - 28th DEC 2004.
5th-15th Jan / 23rd Jan - 1st Feb 2005.
We can help arrange all your travel in Nepal and accommodation
if these dates don't suit you contact us for alternatives.
Elementary pilots and low airtime pilots welcome -
contact us for details.
Advanced Training
Details of S.I.V Acro training.
Courses in Nepal are run in conjunction with David
Arrufat and Herve Cerruti from Blue Sky Paragliding.
They came fourth in the Redbull Vertigo Acro competition.
www.paragliding-nepal.ch
| Evening briefing
Prepare harnesses - remove back protection and flying instruments - check reserve systems.
Morning Start
8.30am start - Issue Lifejackets and radios.
Three flights per day allow you to move through a progression of exercises. Lunch beside the lake. Evening Video debriefing
End of Course party. |
| SIV
Pitch Control
Big Ears
Minimum speed
Asymmetric collapse
Symmetric collapse
Full stall
Spin Point
Reserve deployment |
| Preparation Acro
Wing over
S.A.T
Spin with D
Spin minimum speed
Spin full speed |
| Acro
Wing over
S.A.T
Asymmetric Spiral
Dynamic Full stall
Back fly
Spin
Helicopter
Twister
Inversion
Asymmetric S.A.T
Rhythmic S.A.T
Mac Twist
Mysti flip
Ground 360 |
Expedition Holiday
details for qualified pilots.
Day 1 - Arrive to Kathmando, transfers
to hotel Yti guest house.
Day 2 - Visit Kathmandu , Patan And other temples.
Day 3 - Bus to Pokhara , go to hotel Tropicana, perhaps
first fly or walking around the lake .
Day 4 - Taxi to Sarangkot hill (1500m), view of the
Annapurnas, fly and small cross.
Day 5 - Briefing et Cross-country de pokhara, depend
the conditions.
Day 6 - Cross from Pokhara to the first hill of Annapurnas.
Day 7 - Expedition With Tata bus, 1h30 from Pokhara,
Nuawkot, fly and recuperation in the valley, Fly back
to Pokhara for the best Pilots.
Day 8 - Fly in Pokhara.
Day 9 - Start for paratrek in the Andhi Khola valle
, 2h of bus 1h of jeep
Fly, landing in take-off ( or in the valle 1h of jeep),
camping amazing view of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and
Manaslu.
Day 10 - Wake up in front of the sun , breakfast,
briefing and fly cross country, recuperation on the
road and come back in Pokhara.
Day 11 - Fly in Pokhara, S.I.V. on the lake.
Day 12 - Fly in Pokhara.
Day 13 - Come back in Kathmando by plane.
Day 14 - Transfer to airport.
Birds fly south for the winter...so do we.
Course Structure X-Country
Evening briefing - self assessment
create training programme based on individual
pilots needs.
Morning briefing
Weather assessment
Choice of site
Route planning
Fly
Evening de-briefing
Practical exercises
Pitch and roll Control
Rapid direction changes
360's
Asymmetrics
Big ears
Wing overs
Thermalling techniques
Route planning
Turn points
XC
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Theory
Thermalling sources
Valley wind systems
Route planning
Mountain weather
Instruments
GPS
Equipment
Safety
Team flying
Competition
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Equipment needed
Reserve
Vario
Radio
(you can rent one £25 per week)
Desirable
GPs
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10 day Beginner courses £750
16th-26th Nov 2004
5th-15th / 18th-28th DEC 2004
5th-15th Jan / 23rd Jan - 1st Feb 2005
Course details.
- Fly from London
- Arrive Kathmandu spend the night in a hotel.
- Fly to Pokhara - hotel accommodation - Chill out.
- Training course.
- Fly to Kathmandu spend the night.
- Return flight to London.
Cost: £750 (to book click here)
Includes: Equipment, transportation Pokhara, Tuition
Does not include air flights, transport from Kathmandu,
accommodation.
You must have medical and repatriation insurance that
covers you for paragliding
You can get it from Airsports Insurance on 01983 298480
(UK), BMC travel insurance 0161 445 4747.
BEGINNER
Beginner courses start at Pokhara from November, and can last for 3 - 9 days. It is up to you whether do you 1, 2 or all 3 courses.
Para Pro 1
All Transport and equipment provided.
All flights are under 2 - way radio guidance.
Course structure:
Introduction to the equipment, its transport, care and maintenance.
Pre-flight safety checks.
Glider inflations and deflations.
Takeoff and landing procedures.
Short flights below 3m.
Theory of flight, meteorology and air law.
Short flights 30m.
Left and right turns.
Speed control.
Medium flights below 200m.
360 degree turns.
Big ears descent technique.
Theory exam.
High flights from Day 5
Para Pro 2
All Transport and equipment provided.
Course structure:
Insight and evaluation of flying site and conditions.
Flight planning.
Pre launch checks.
Flights 200m.
Glide angle and minimum sink speed.
Deflations recognition and recovery.
Flights 700m.
Spot landings.
Manoeuvring according to other traffic.
Airmanship.
Phewa Tal
(Pokhara lake)
Para Pro 3
All Transport and equipment provided.
Course structure.
Provide a flight plan.
Ground handling.
Takeoffs in wind.
Flights 700m.
Minimum sink manoeuvres.
Wind correction exercises.
Understand stalls and spins.
Thermalling; maintaining soaring flight.
Precision approaches and landings.
Exam.
By the end of Para Pro 3 you should be flying for
up to an hour.
View of Machapuchare and
Annapurna II from launch
The license we issue is authorised by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI). This is the controlling body for airsports worldwide. The IPPI card (International Pilot Proficiency Identification) is recognised in every country that has an airsport association.
A typical day:
9:30 After breakfast meet at the office in Lakeside, Pokhara.
10:00 Collect equipment, jump in the jeep and head out to the days flying site.
10:30 Site and conditions assessment.
11:00 - 1:00 Flying.
1:00 - 1:30 Pack lunch.
1:30 - 4:30 Flying.
5:00 Back in office, drop off equipment.
5:30 In the bar for the days debriefing session.
You will be met at the airport and spend a night in Kathmandu before being flown to Pokhara aboard a Twin Otter STOL aircraft. The views of the mountains during the flight are incredible. The beautiful lakeside town of Pokhara, nestled at the foot of the Annapurna massif, is dwarfed by 3 of the highest mountains in the world.
The holy mountain
Machapuchare 6993m
NEPAL INFORMATION
Medical & Travel
Nepal had just over 500,000 tourists last year, the majority being adventure travellers. Whether mountaineering, trekking, white water rafting, paragliding, mountain biking or on a jungle safari, they all demand a level of medical facility higher than in most other developing countries. Pokhara boasts three main hospitals one of which is western staffed and able to deal with major trauma patients, a new teaching hospital and several private clinics have been opened recently. With a helicopter based at the airport you are not more than 30 min away from Kathmandu, and the international airport.
Immunisations & Vaccinations
Needed
Typhoid
Hepatitis A
Recommended
Diphtheria
Hepatitis
Tuberculosis
Rabies
Japanese B encephalitis
Meningococcal
Malaria has been eradicated from the areas we will be in.
Do not drink the tap water. You can buy bottled water for 20 RS a litre bottle. The current exchange rate is roughly 110 Rupees to £1. On the Paratrek our cooks boil the water for us. You can bring Puritabs or iodine to sterilise your water if you want, but bottled or boiled water is fine. We have a full expedition first aid kit.
Visas
By far the easiest way of obtaining a Nepalese Visa is wait until you arrive at Kathmandu airport. It costs the same as it would to apply in your home country, and is $30 for the first month and $50 thereafter. Remember to take at least four passport size photos of yourself. You need them for visas and various permits. Also have rupees ready as sometimes they don't accept US dollars at the airport.
Travel Details
For the cheapest flights out to Nepal look in the travel sections of the English Sunday papers. Some of them include World Plus Travel 0207 491 8118, and Always Leisure 0207 4391230.
Some of the airlines that fly direct include:-
Biman Bangladesh Airways.
Aeroflot.
Austrian Airlines.
Royal Nepal Airlines.
Qatar Airways.
Gulf Air.
Pakistan International.
You can view information on immunisations, vaccinations,
visas and travel details on Nepal here.
Read our learning to fly in Nepal story here.
