Making sense of my photography hobby in retirement

Fly Me to the Moon …

Parapenting, Kennedy Park, Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, Copyright Chris Gregory 2012

… Let me swing among those stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

In other words …

These words from the 1954  Bart Howard song made famous by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and many others came to mind when I watched this parapenter seem to soar towards the moon at Kennedy Park on Auckland’s North Shore last week.

I first saw another parapenter riding the thermal air currents off the cliffs with Rangitoto Island, the major landmark at the entry to Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour, in the background.  Minutes later he joined the moon flyer to circle and swoop above the cliffs.

Parapenting, Kennedy Park, Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, Copyright Chris Gregory 2012

This entry was posted on February 25, 2013 by . It was filed under Auckland, Beaches, Chris Gregory, Exploration, New Zealand, North Shore, People, Travel and was tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , .

3 responses

  1. Tina Schell

    Excellent!!

    February 27, 2013 at 4:24 am

    Reply
    • alphathread

      Thank you Tina. I really enjoy your blog posts and your photographs.

      February 27, 2013 at 10:13 am

      Reply
      • Tina Schell

        Thanks Chris. The vice is versa :-)

        February 27, 2013 at 11:25 am

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