INSPIRATION PARAPENTE
ABOUT
Hi !
I am Simon, your hiking guide and paraglide instructor.
Passionate about mountain hiking since the 1990s, I obtained the BFARP (French FFMM Hiking Guide Certificate, number 1559) in 2024, April the 3rd.
Also passionate about paragliding since year 1997, I obtained the BEES (French Paragliding Instructor Certificate, number 031.09.0183) in 2009, October the 13th.
We may already met in Cuges-les-Pins paragliding school (MARSEILLE PARAPENTE), where I regularly work.
We may also met around St Hilaire du Touvet, a world-famous paragliding spot, next to Crolles (Isère). This is the place where I grew up and learned to fly and hike at the age of 18, in the Chartreuse and Belledonne mountain ranges. Or we may also met anywhere else, since I got the chance to hike and fly on many different spots in France and abroad.
If we have not met yet, I would be pleased to do so and to share with you my passion for hike and fly. This is indeed why I created INSPIRATION PARAPENTE, bringing to life a long-standing dream.
Highly active, I have practiced throughout my life a wide variety of outdoor sports (skiing, ski touring, snowshoeing, hiking, climbing, mountaineering, canyoning, ice climbing, caving, freediving, kite-surfing, hang-gliding, gliding, and paragliding).
I discovered hike-and-fly at the age of 18 and instantly fell in love with this discipline. It allows you to reconnect deeply with your own body through the physical activity of hiking and the sensations of gliding in the air. It also allows you to reconnect with nature, to marvel at its beauty and the many treasures it reveals. It provides an intense feeling of well-being. It is an excellent way to "recharge", far from the worries of everyday life. For me, it is like meditation. It fulfills my need for escape and physical activity, and it is to share these unique moments that I decided to dedicate myself to this activity.
I therefore invite you to escape with me for a hike and, if the aerological conditions allow, a tandem paragliding descent.
Combining freedom and the feeling of surpassing oneself, this is a passion I am eager to share with you.
Are you ready to feel alive?
