This weekend I had a great flight in Shek O, as usual. I tried to use my 3 meters selfie stick on it's full length to make some shots and to get a good 3rd person view.

The day after my flight when I was editing my videos, I realized there has been something dangerous going on while I been flying there.

Before I can tell you what was problem, let me explain a bit about paragliding and Hong Kong!

Hong Kong is one of most densely populated places and many outdoor activities tend to compete for the same space. Also Hong Kong must be one of few large cities where paragliders are allowed to fly. In most cites usually there are airports and flying a paraglider in a large area around the airport is not permitted. But in Hong Kong this has been an exception and the government allows paragliding in certain areas.

As you might imagine, flying a paraglider in a city with high density comes with it's own challenges.

Takeoff sites usually have a flow of hikers who are specially attracted to watching paragliding and they get as close as they can to take pictures. Landings are also challenging because there aren't many empty areas to land we mostly land in the beach or try to land in the same place we took-off.

To make things more complex there are people who fly kites! A kite itself is not a problem, but the line which holds it to the ground can be very dangerous. For one thing its very hard to see the line, and also, if it hits the paraglider it can easily cut the lines since a glider has forward speed and there will be lot's of friction.

In my last flight, I saw a kite with a long tail which was flying as high as paragliders and it was hard to tell where is the line to the ground. After it got too far away, I thought it's not attached to anything and it will continue it's course along the wind so I ignored it!

After I landed I saw the kite again, I was very surprised how it got there. But the owner has been pulling it back to ground while I have been landing and it has been flying very close to me. I was very lucky not to hit the line because that may have not ended well.

Flying kites is getting more popular in Hong Kong but I hope everyone will stay safe and maybe we can create some warning signs in our landing places so that people can choose a different place for flying their kites.