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to repeatedly take a maneuvers course. Regularly refreshing
and adding to your quiver of skills and experience is invaluable! We spent Derek’s and Jeff’s final night in Europe at the
home of my friend Alan, near Venice. The evening was once
again filled with hearty laughter, loud singing of the Bohemian

Rhapsody in public, and—you guessed it: wine!
The following morning, Jeff and Derek were bound for the
US, and I set out on my own for Oludeniz, Turkey. Not long
after I began paragliding, I discovered pictures of Oludeniz
and swore I would fly there one day. The view of the Blue

ABOVE & RIGHT Unreal sunset over Oludeniz, Turkey | photos by Shad Coulson.

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