{"id":1657,"date":"2014-11-23T07:45:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T07:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2014-11-23T07:45:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T07:45:17","slug":"one-small-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/?p=1657","title":{"rendered":"One small step&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>off a mountain and we are airborne above Pokhara with views of the lake, the urban sprawl and Annapurna.\u00a0 Starting 700m above the tow we catch a thermal and climb into and through the cloud before heading out over the lake to loose our height in a series of\u00a0 turns that see&#8217;s us above thw wing at points plummeting down at around 18m per second.\u00a0 I was due to paddle the Upper Seti that afternoon, but elected to sit round and drink coffee whilst my internal organs found their true place again!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5064.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1658\" alt=\"IMG_5064\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5064.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5065.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1659\" alt=\"IMG_5065\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5065.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5066.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1660\" alt=\"IMG_5066\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5066.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1661\" alt=\"IMG_5070\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5070.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1662\" alt=\"IMG_5072\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5072.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1663\" alt=\"IMG_5073\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5073.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1664\" alt=\"IMG_5074\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5074.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1665\" alt=\"IMG_5075\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5075.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1666\" alt=\"IMG_5077\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5077.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1667\" alt=\"IMG_5079\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5079.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1668\" alt=\"IMG_5081\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5081.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1669\" alt=\"IMG_5086\" src=\"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_5086.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>off a mountain and we are airborne above Pokhara with views of the lake, the urban sprawl and Annapurna.\u00a0 Starting 700m above the tow we catch a thermal and climb into and through the cloud before heading out over the lake to loose our height in a series of\u00a0 turns that see&#8217;s us above thw &hellip; 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