Vagamon set to fly high on adventure sports

Now the beautiful landscapes of the god’s own country can be enjoyed in a totally fantastic way.

The paragliding adventure carnival is all set to give the tourists a bird’s eye view of the marvellous locations of kerala.

The carnival is set to be organised by the State Youth Welfare Board with technical assistance from the adventure club Fly Vagamon, forest and tourism departments as well as Koottickal and Elappara grama panchayats from the 23^rd of February, 2012.

A member of the State Youth Welfare Board, Shone George said, “"Very few people know that Vagamon is considered one among the best locations for paragliding in the whole of Asia and vagamon also known as the Scotland of Asia . The Youth Welfare Board intends to make this an annual affair in order to promote this adventure sport among youth in the state.”

Vagamon

It has been seen in the previous years during 2005 to 2009 that a group of paragliding enthusiasts have tried to conduct similar events and their wonderful idea has also been appreciated by the award for the innovative tourism in the year 2008.

After a break the same group of the young people have come up again and formed an open membership club with no registration fees for paragliding called the ‘Fly Vagamon Club.’

The president of the club Mr. Vinil Thomas said, "The carnival has chiefly been organized for the purpose of flying together and sharing experiences……..Those who wish to experience the joy of flying can do so with an expert paragliding pilot."

Mr Thomas said that the charge for the 30 minute joyous ride is going to cost 2000 rupees. The paragliders will be taking off from the suicide point at Vagamon ( 1050 meters above sea level) and land at J J Murphy School Grounds in Yendayar near Mundakkayam.

 During this carnival a total of 25 pilots form India as well as abroad are going to take part in the carnival that concludes on the 3^rd of March. Before the main event the selected candidates would have to attend the training camp that will be held from 15^th to the 20^th of February, 2012. 

Shone George said that, "This year our aim is to train youngsters in paragliding. From next year, the event will be restricted to pilots from Kerala." 

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