On the last day of August, members of the club Extreme Sport Sarajevo accomplished terrific results in cross country paragliding, starting on the mountain Romanija and flying across east Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and landing on Zlatibor in Serbia.
“The day before we checked the weather report and it seemed like it would be ideal weather to fly in this direction. This is a feat that no one before tried and some of us delayed all our responsibilities to try to fly to Serbia. Not everything went according to plan, especially after we took off. We were at an altitude of 1,900m up until 2:15 p.m. but needed to be at 2,500m so we could fly over the plateau. Pezo and I went together while Zajko decided to go a bit later and use a different route. Our decision ended up being the right one.”
After flying over Romanija, we flew towards Rogatica and later Visegrad, where we lost altitude. Several times, I lost Pezo from eyesight since he lost so much altitude, but every time he would surprise me and come up. We had a direct communication link via radio the entire time. Pezo decided to land in Visegrad since he lost so much altitude, while I barely lost any altitude. I continued to Serbia.
From Visegrad, I kept near the highway since the terrain is unwelcome so that in case I lost altitude, I wouldn’t have to walk a lot. I was circling over the border, thinking whether to continue or not since I was at 1,300m. I decided to continue and hit a terminal which raised me to 3,100m in 15 minutes.
The flight ended some 10 to 15 kilometers after Zaltibor, mainly due to human error. After I landed, I called Pezo to see where he was. Then, Ahmed and Miroslav called me to tell me that they were coming to pick me up. At that time, I uploaded the track log on XC globe and sooner than I expected, congratulations were coming from all over. Soon, a local paragliding pilot Petar Parnic found us and took out for diner on the Zlatibor lake,” Mirvad Zenuni said for the club’s portal.
(Source: Vijesti.ba)
