Hope you had a chance to read my story on Kathy Walkley today. Walkley became a paraglider pilot when she turned 50.

She says anybody can sample the sport on tandem flight. Her instructor, Todd Henningsen, can take anybody as long as they range from 70 to 240 pounds. He even takes his son.

Here are a couple of places to give it a try.

- Todd Henningsen, 253-226-3357, Call for prices.

- Paraglide Washington, 206-328-1104, $165 for one flight, $280 for two.

- Here's a list of 40 more instructors in Washington who are registered with the United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association.

Sunday we are going to take a look at Movie's filmed in Washington's outdoors. While Washington's outdoor makes a glorious set for Hollywood flicks. We'll look at 12 places you can recreate where movies were filmed on Sunday.

Until then here are 15 other movies that are at least partially filmed in Washington.

Clearly Indiana Jones is the greatest adventure movie hero of all time. But what about movies about adventure sports.

Last year, we asked the Northwest's outdoor elite for their favorite adventure sports movie. The only requirement we gave them was that the movies have a strong adventure sport element. Whether the flick was a documentary or featured James Bond on skis, it didn't matter.

This, of course, left room for some serious creativity.

Jordan Hanssen, one of four University of Puget Sound grads who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in 2006, had a list that included "The Princess Bride" ("Fencing, sailing, horseback riding and torture," he said), "Muppet Treasure Island" ("Sailing, swashbuckling and fuzzy critters") and "Casablanca" ("Drinking. Face it, adventure doesn't happen without it").

Surprisingly, none of the other 13 members of our academy recommended these movies.

Click below to see the top 10 PLUS their pick for the worst adventure sports movie of all time.

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Today 42 athletes – some of whom even know how to ski – will race down one of Crystal Mountain’s steepest runs by parachute.

RED BULL BLADE RAID
Crystal Mountain, 9:30 a.m.
HOW IT WORKS: Competitors lay out a parachute behind them at the top of the double-diamond Exterminator run then ski as fast as possible down the hill. At about 40 mph their parachute will lift them off the ground. Then they must navigate the gates on the rest of the course using the chute and land in a designated area near the base lodge. Runs will take about 50 seconds, but time penalties are added for clipping the gates or passing through too high. Those who miss the gates or don’t cross the finish line with their skis on the ground don’t get a time for the round. The number of rounds is dictated by the weather.
BEST PLACE TO WATCH: From Crystal’s main lodge you can see most of the course.
COST: The event is free to watch. Lift tickets are $58 for adults.

PHOTO BY JANET JENSEN, THE NEWS TRIBUNE Click on the photo to ski more of Jensen's pictures of this event.

The story:
By Craig Hill The News Tribune
On more than 1,000 occasions Brian McNenney has stepped out of an airplane trusting his life to a backpack full of fabric.
He’s done it so often that skydiving intimidates him about as much as watching TV.
But if you want to see McNenney sweat, put him on a pair of skis and put him on top of Crystal Mountain’s Exterminator, a steep double-diamond run.
See, McNenney is from Florida where the highest point is 345 feet above sea level. Exterminator starts a mile above sea level.
“Florida is a great place to skydive and a terrible place to learn to ski,” said McNenney, who sells software in Tallahassee. “For me, skiing is 10 times scarier (than skydiving). This is crazy.”
READ THE REST OF THIS STORY IN TOMORROW'S NEWS TRIBUNE

I managed to squeeze in a few runs. A great day even though Campbell Basin and Northway were closed because of wind. This is the third of at least 12 installments from my attempt to ski at least once each month this year. I've done this before but this is his first time writing about it. I'll write more in the summer months when the skiing is a little more difficult to find.