Amazing photos show traveler's thrilling paragliding experience from Mount Teide in Tenerife
'I jumped off a volcano with a guy strapped to my back': Incredible footage shows the traveler's thrilling paragliding experience from the side of Mount Teide in TenerifeCarlton Reid took off from the take-off point in Izana, near from Mount Teide, in the Unesco listed Teide National Park With the help of his instructor, Roij Borja, he landed on the black volcanic sands of Puerto de la Cruz beach His base for his paragliding trip was the five-star Botanico hotel, which offers views of Mount Teide | Updated: 14:24 BST, 19 Jul 2022 Advertisement
I jumped off a volcano with a guy strapped to my back. Normal behavior if you live in Tenerife. Locals get a big discount from Roij Borja and his paragliding company.
This custom has kept his business Enminube Parapente afloat during the pandemic. Now that the island is open again, he again takes Brits like me up the sides of Mount Teide in a minibus - but we didn't need it for the long journey back to sea level We flew.
Taking off at 2,200 meters (7,217 feet), we descended through puffy clouds to land on volcanic sand black from Puerto de la Cruz beach, wrapping an English mother and child in leading lines and an awning. ("Best thing that happened to us today," mum laughed.)
The Mount Teide was a stunning backdrop for my maiden flight. I was suspended under a ripstop nylon glider that Borja - who did all the work - insisted he couldn't unhook mid-air.
'To stall the glider must do a special maneuver using two handles at the same time and p...
I jumped off a volcano with a guy strapped to my back. Normal behavior if you live in Tenerife. Locals get a big discount from Roij Borja and his paragliding company.
This custom has kept his business Enminube Parapente afloat during the pandemic. Now that the island is open again, he again takes Brits like me up the sides of Mount Teide in a minibus - but we didn't need it for the long journey back to sea level We flew.
Taking off at 2,200 meters (7,217 feet), we descended through puffy clouds to land on volcanic sand black from Puerto de la Cruz beach, wrapping an English mother and child in leading lines and an awning. ("Best thing that happened to us today," mum laughed.)
The Mount Teide was a stunning backdrop for my maiden flight. I was suspended under a ripstop nylon glider that Borja - who did all the work - insisted he couldn't unhook mid-air.
'To stall the glider must do a special maneuver using two handles at the same time and p...
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