PACIFIC CITY — Haven’t you had that dream, the one where you can fly, where you take one leap and simply cut the tethers of gravity, rise, and soar over the world below? Are you disappointed when you wake up?
Solution: fly while you’re awake. Experiencing this dream in reality, I discovered, is eminently possible, by taking a hang gliding lesson in Pacific City with John Matylonek of Oregon Hang Gliding. “What does it feel like?” a bystander watching the flight portion of my lesson asked me. “It feels exactly like dreams of flying,” I told him.