I am about to take a skydiving course but i was curious whether you can sort of use a parachute as a kind of paraglider.
So if you were on top of a mountain in the alps in summer, could you launch you chute (a normal skydiving parachute/rig) and bring it up about you and then paraglide of the mountain.
Obviously you wouldn;t be able ton stay up like you can with a paraglider but would it be possible or anything to say it wouldn'tbe perfectly safe to do so?
Thanks in advance for you views and answers.
Thanks
Tim