Cyril Mazibuko grew up in the shadows of the mountains. Born in a small kraal at the foot of the Drakensberg range in the southern part of the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, Cyril would often look up at the 3,000-meter basalt peaks, a playground for African paragliders. Enthralled, Cyril made a decision: He would build his own glider and join them in the sky.

But after other paragliders saw his efforts, they took him under their tutelage, got him a commercial (and safer) wing, and taught him to fly. Now, after more than a decade in and out of the sport, Mazibuko is returning to paragliding as an instructor.

Via: The Daily Grail