By the way, anywhere there is an active paragliding site, there is probably a school or a company that offers tandem flights. I would totally recommend it to anyone. It's really quite an amazing experience. Though I haven't done any skydiving, paragliding is very different. It's slower and calmer. If the conditions are good, you get to just hang out up there and float around. And, yes, we carry reserve parachutes in case something goes terribly wrong.