Flying above the alpes, around the world and flying across the French Italian border to buy cheese.

There is something magical about watching birds flying in the mountains. Especially when it’s a large bird like an Eagle, a vulture, or a gypaete. Vultures and gypaetes have wingspans of close to 3 meters. You can see them a lot in the French Alpes. Watching them fly it’s hard not to imagine what it’s like to fly or wish we could fly like that.My guest today is Philippe Hamichi and he gets as close to flying like a bird as you can get.He is a professional paragliding pilot. He takes clients on tandem flights in mountains and his passion for flying has led him to fly in many different mountains and countries around the world.On the show, we discuss how a trip to Canada led to him to meeting and falling in love with the girl of his dreams, and then falling in love with the mountains and falling in love with flying.We’ll talk about the importance of reading the winds, Flying over the French Italian border to buy cheese, and why the period just before winter is the worst part of the year.