Al Jawini Congratulating the Champion
The Assir Province witnessed recently the 2nd International Assir Paragliding Accuracy Championship which was held at AL-Soda Center for Paragliding. Teams from various countries such as Syria and Lebanon participated in this Championship alongside the Saudi teams.
Capt. Ahmad Hader, the PR and Media Manager of the Championship, explained that such an event relies on the thermal currents to glide down from the top of the mountains. However the high altitudes of Al-Soda mountain which reach 9,950 feet along with the difficulty in the allocated landing spot in between 2 mountains due to variations in thermal winds, posed challenges to the championship. Consequently it was moved to the Hada Mountains which are about 100Km north of Abha. It was especially appropriate to make the move as a new take-up was recently equipped. This new location had ideal specifications for paragliding such as the take-off area, the unique mountain ranges suitable for gliding, as well as safe landing
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