Paragliding at Tiger

For my birthday, Phil took me paragliding at Tiger Mountain in Issaquah. This was a complete surprise - he arranged with my boss to have me tied up in fake meetings all afternoon and then came and stole me away.

We drove over to Tiger, met the guys we were going with, and started up the mountain. Our jumps were tandem, so there wasn't much to learn or worry about.

And although fate didn't hand us long rides, the weather was beautiful and we had a lot of fun. One thing I particularly liked was how smooth the transition from being on the ground to being in the air was. (It's not like skydiving where you feel a rush jumping and a yank when the chute opens!)

I would recommend this to anyone.