SubscribeHigh-risk sports are not everyone's cup of tea but stories like these do fix a destination in the minds of some intrepid travelers with disabilities:
Twenty-eight-year-old Sita KC took to the skies today becoming the first disabled person in Nepal to be airborne without the help of an engine.KC, who is suffering from spinal paralysis and cannot use her limbs waist downwards, went paragliding with Swiss national Sebastian Baqeun in tandem for a 50-minute flight under the aegis of Sunrise Paragliding. She went into launch mode from Sarangkot cliff of Pokhara.
"I was thrilled beyond words after touching down," KC told this daily. "It is just not possible to describe the feeling of elation on getting airborne, and that too in a location like Pokhara. Looking at others paragliding, I had been yearning for a long time to do so."KC said, "There are several friends of mine who are also disabled in some way or the other. All of them and the doctors and staff at Hariyo Khark Hospital here encouraged me to give wings to my dream. I am grateful to them."
Employed at the hospital as a counsellor, KC said many of her disabled friends also wanted to go paragliding and added that they felt inspired by her effort.Sunrise Paragliding coordinator Rajesh Bomzan said KC had proved that disability was no deterrent if a person was determined to do something. He added he was happy that she chose his organisation as a platform to prove her point.
Hospital superintendent Sandra Boan lauded KC for her daring and expressed happiness that it went off successfully. "Positive thinking has the power to elevate a person above her or his disability," she said.
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