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 Now whilst paragliding is a relaxing way to see the scenery, handgliding is it's more bolshy bigger brother. Your airspeed is faster, and the lying forward position makes you feel much more aware of the empty air between you and the hard ground below. Handgliding just felt much more scary than paragliding to me - but it's possible that this is subjective - for the guy I handglided with was much keener to get aerobatic on my ass. I actually felt weightless during a near full loop-the-loop - which is fantastically dangerous, for if you don't gain enough airspeed you fall back through the wing and plummet to earth.
Clearly the guy was fully in control but it certainly got my heart going! Landing is fun too, as you come in at speed and roll to a stop on wheels attached to the main handle (the technical terms clearly escape me), which means you're inches from the floor as you set down.
An additional point to mention, and I think this
is a clincher, is that transporting a handglider is a bitch, whilst
a paraglider fits into a bulky bag that can go in a large car boot.
I'm sure there's other factors too that a newbie like me don't know
about or understand, but if you're interested in having a go yourself,
and are in Queenstown, go visit the fine kids at Anti-Gravity
and find out for yourself - Their website is probably the best of
the adrenaline ones I've seen too.
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