The 11th "Nepal Open Paragliding Championship" being organised by TAAN, Pokhara from February 18 concluded on Saturday. The Championship was held with the aim of promoting tourism through adventure sports and proved to be quite successful. Among the 87 pilots from 15 countries, Jamie Messenger from Britain, who was last year's title holder won the title this year also claiming a cash prize of NRs 25,000. Ajay Kumar Sharma from India managed to be second bagging NRs 20,000 while Canadian Claudio Mota got NRs 15,000 as a third prize. In the HDV-1-2 category, Eva of Venice, Nepal´s Sachin Bamjan and Rabin Gurung secured the top three spots respectively. Nepal´s Damodar Parajuli bagged the award for the best acrobatics. Korea´s Moon Sevlin won the best spot landing award. Nepal´s Binod Bamjan secured the title of best boat landing, while Narayan Parajuli received the award for best-of-the-costume. In the separate competition held ...

The Pokhara Chapter of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) is organizing the 11th edition of Nepal Open Paragliding Championship in Pokhara from February 18. "The three-day event has already become a major attraction in Nepal's tourism calendar. We are organizing the event to promote the adventure sports of paragliding and promote Pokhara as a hub for adventure tourism," a press statement issued by TAAN Pokhara Chapter stated. The event is going to be participated by around  150 gliders and over 45,000 spectators. There will be six events and the top three finishers of each even would get attractive prices. Various entertaining and colorful programs will be organized at Khapaudi the landing site for the gliders. TAAN had first organized a paragliding championship with the collaboration of Sunrise Company in the year 1999. During that time, they were able to collect only sixteen para gliders including nationals and foreigners as it was completely new ...