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One of our carriers recently had to cancel a couple policies the other week due to the intended use of cross-country paragliding. We admit, we had to look it up to understand what they were deciding to exclude.

It appears cross-country paragliding is extremely long-distance paragliding (up to 60 miles!) using air currents and thermals to carry you/rise. There’s even classes now, and a book!

Thermal flying and XC (cross-country) paragliding includes added risk due to thermal collapse and lack of a pre-planned landing zone.

Want to know more? check out http://www.gravsports.com/Paragliding%20Pages/Paragliding%20Stories/XC%20101.htm

So while we currently cover paragliding (Under our Trawick plan), it appears cross-country paragliding is not. However, as always, if you are fanatical about XC gliding and want us to cover you, or it catches on with enough people, we’ll locate a policy to post on this sports enthusiast website!

Here is a video: http://vimeo.com/49313209

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Specially created from a synthetic paper that is water and tear-proof, these little notebooks really hold up. We are in the process of order more ourselves right now! They have a bright visibility orange cover, a semi-embossed printed map of Antartica and a light dot matrix grid on each page.

You can watch 12 scientific durability tests as well as order your own at http://fieldnotesbrand.com/colors/expedition/ and keep checking since we may be giving away a set or two to a lucky reader of this page!