15 Best Locations for Extreme Sports
| January 1, 2018
3. Paragliding – Interlaken, Switzerland
When people started creating governable parachutes in 1952, it was just a matter of time until it became a sport of its own. The term paragliding was officially coined in 1973 and the first world championship happened in 1987 in Switzerland.
It’s considered a dangerous activity with an average of seven in 10,000 paragliders dying between 1994 and 2010. Interlaken is one of the best spots for travelers to fly around (tandem paragliding) as they take in the sight of the incredible Alps.
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