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Good information seymore, thanks. Did you do takeoffs and landings in the kind of places I'm talking about? I'm thinking about grassy Alaska lakeshores. Alpine tundra and gravel bars should be fairly easy once a guy knows what he's doing. As for weather, I'd be willing to be patient. Did you rig up any way to carry extra gear with you, food, water, fuel, rain gear, bug dope?

I've done some ground filming... [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]

A Spot would be a good idea. I've got a satellite phone I might use, too. I've got lots of experience in the wilderness, but none with paramotors so I'm just getting oriented. In fact, I'd never heard of "vol bivouac" so that was a good tip, thank you. Some of those links gave me some very good information and ideas. I would expect some bias here, but just considering take-off and landings on rocky and/or bumpy ground, tall grass and whatnot, would a paramotor be the best choice amongst the powered parachutes?

Thanks Simon. To clarify that was 175 pounds, or maybe 79 kilos.

Thanks! Any advice on choosing the best PPG keeping in mind rough landing areas, reasonably long flights over remote country and with a payload? I weigh about 175 ready to fly. How much of an external payload could I carry? Would that be on a front mounted attached bag perhaps?

Having never flown a PPG, I am interested in possibly using one to get off-road, (perhaps 25 miles/40 km out and then back) in Alaska and was wondering how practical this would be. How difficult would it be to take off in long grass? Uneven ground? Is it possible to carry a payload, such as a small amount of camping gear? How reliable are the motors? I have parachuting and backcountry experience but no PPG experience. Thanks in advance for your input.