"Do one thing every day that scares you" is the advice written on the re-usable shopping bags you can spot around British Columbia. And, well, why not? You're in B.C. You can dive into chutes and gullies so steep that you can touch the side of the run with your arm.

"Every time I saw him it just put a smile on my face, just always seeing him there. I'd yell out to him every time I saw him."

Seven paragliders took off from the remote Emmdale Airstrip on Saturday, about 100 kilometres east of Wilcannia in New South Wales' remote north west.