Nomad News-Vol.3-No.68

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: There are two things that I want to do: Take a flight in a Hang Glider and jump out of any airplane. A few years back, Yvette and I were in the French Alps, at Tignes, and staying at a resort at the 5000-foot level. The month was August. There was snow at the peak or 10,000-foot level. We took the ski-lift to the peak, and it was kind of cool stepping off into the snow in August. The air was chilly but the sun shown bright and warm. There was a small fenced-off area where some young ladies were sun bathing. No, they weren't and you should not have even thought of it. They wore itsy,bitsy, polka-dot bikins. There were two two-man Hang Gliders sitting in the snow. One took off with a passenger. The other pilot was readying for departure and didn't seem to have a passenger. I asked Yvette to talk to the pilot and ask if he would take me along. He said "Yes" but then he looked at my feet and I was wearing a pair of low shoes. He was wearing snow boots and was afraid, if something happened when still at the snow level, there would be a problem for me. Just after we moved to Tennessee, there was a Hang Glider Club near Chattanooga but I never got around to going there. Is it too late now. Probably. As for jumping out of an airplane, my Medical Advisor says I would be signing my own death warrant if I did this. Is he right? Maybe, but I've accumulated enough close calls and should "let it go". Maybe I will. Remember, I said "maybe". Andy