I agree. Paragliding is no joke. There is no room for foolishness. When I first started, a guy got jacked up at a site about 45 minutes from my house. It made the local news. I found out who it was later on. The guy went on a day when there were going to be gusts of wind up to 30 mph. He was told by a few other pilots not to fly close to the ridge. He was from the EU. Didn't want to take direction. Last I heard he was in a coma and his parents came from Europe and got him to take him back. Sad story.