Craig Pingle, a Canadian, was unable to get to work by road after severe landslides. So he decided to take up paragliding.
It is an unusual form of transportation to say the least. While he was unable to get to work by road due to a landslide, Craig Pingle, a Canadian, reportedly found another solution by air Radio Canada.
And the man didn’t fly to his work in a helicopter, but in a paraglider. This man used to take 18 minutes to get to work on Highway 97 from Peachland to Summerland, south of Kelowna in inland British Columbia.
“It took about two hours there or more if there was traffic,” he explained. After the road was closed, two forest roads were opened as alternative routes, but the route was particularly long.
By paragliding… then on horseback
The Canadian imagined several options before deciding to go paragliding: first he thought about “parking in Okanagan Lake Provincial Park and then climbing the mountain on foot.” A route that ultimately proved dangerous.
The next day, a friend offered to take him home by boat. “Same thing, it wasn’t really ideal. There were waves and it moved.”
Ultimately, Craig Pingle decided to take up paragliding. In a video posted on social media, he can be seen hanging a parachute from his backpack with the workbook in hand. “It was more fun than a real time saver,” he said Radio Canada.
After the Canadian got tired of the experience in the air, he set to work on horseback a few days later.
The road was finally reopened in mid-September.
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