Africa-Press – Angola. The province of Huíla appears as a priority among Angola’s potential locations to host a paragliding project in the short term, with Lubango and Humpata standing out, reveals the National School of this extreme sport.
According to the representative of the National Paragliding School, Carlos Teixeira, Huíla appears as the leading province with potential for extreme sports, followed by Benguela, Huambo, and Namibe.
He justified Huíla’s position by citing the diversity of plains, mountains, and aquifers, as the province offers the climate and altitude necessary for this type of activity.To further promote extreme sports, such as paragliding, the source indicated that provincial governments need to be willing to create infrastructure such as launch ramps and landing strips.
In addition to paragliding, the source pointed out that mountain biking, rappelling, rock climbing, scuba diving and other extreme diving activities, as well as skydiving, are already practiced in the country.Paragliding is a distant derivative of parachuting. It is carried on the back inside a bag containing all the necessary equipment. This sport has progressed in terms of both safety and performance. Paragliders reach speeds between 25 and 60 km/h.
It is a sport similar to parachuting, but the flight is more dynamic and the pilot can control the direction, extending the flight time and experience. The history of paragliding dates back to around 1965, and since then its practice has spread.
It is an activity that combines adventure with the beauty of free flight, allowing pilots to glide and move through the air using thermal and wind currents.
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