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Para-gliding off the summit of Mt. Bachelor near Bend in Central Oregon

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Note: We were having a beer (one beer) at the Mt. Bachelor parking lot when the parachute appeared circling above. By the time I got the digital out of my pack, the pilot was landing. We walked over to see about this spectacular new sport. The pilot who landed had been sailing about for about two hours, his partner had landed sooner. I will try to provide more pictures of flyers from Pine Mountain east of Bend soon. --Webmeister.

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