Bruce-

I suppose at one time hang-gliding probably was more
hip then sailplanes, but they to are struggling to
keep their numbers up. Remember Hobie Cats? Don't
see to many of them around anymore. Skiing, windsurfing,
hunting are all in a state of decline. What I thought
relevant about the posting in the hang-glider site
was the description of learning the sport as 'hard,
gritty, hot work done in remote conditions'. Also
the hurdle to get over from beginner to intermediate.
He could very well be describing our sport of soaring.


At 01:54 10 November 2003, Bruce Hoult wrote:
In article ,
Stewart Kissel wrote:

JJ's post in regards to the latest issue of Soaring
motivated me to
reread the post in one of the hang-glider sites.
They are also
losing numbers

That's interesting. It seems like only a couple of
years ago we were
being told that we were losing numbers because hang
gliding was more
attractive (and 'sexy').

-- Bruce