The most beautiful memories of travel are often unforeseen events.
So, during a trip with friends, Marie-Christine and Denis in Valmorel, France, I experienced one of those moments that made me live an experience I had always dreamed of: making a bird flight above the trees between the mountains.
Marie-Christine and Denis, Parisians, are lovers of outdoor and mountain sports. From La Charmette, there is a breathtaking view of Valmorel and the surrounding mountains. In summer, you can see the paragliders slipping near the mountains to land at the bottom of the valley.
One morning we went to see them land. Denis asks me:
- Would you like a descent?
- Why not? I replied.
After a few exchanges with one of the paragliders who had just landed, he said to me:
- You can go with them, he is the chief instructor, you'll go down in tandem.
Time to take a deep breath, I was sitting in the box of the pickup truck to reach the starting top. I redid the course of 1 000 m of unevenness that we had done the day before hiking.
In a short time, I was hung in tandem with a paraglider, a few instructions for departure and arrival, and here we are floating over the mountains with the Mont-Blanc as a backdrop.
Hands free but armed with my camera, I strafed the landscape that unfolded before my eyes.
Unforgettable moments that the photos allow me to relive.