On today’s meander, my guest is a former colleague of mine, Ian Grant, and we talk about the joy he gets from soaring, or gliding, as it is also called.
While he'd started soaring as a teen, Ian sought it out again when he immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1980. In reconnecting with the soaring community, he built lifelong friendships, now more than 40 years old. His life is richer with soaring in it - the connection to nature, the challenge of an ever-changing environment of wind and temperature, and the alchemy of mixing science and creativity, art and whimsey, keeps bringing him back to the sport year after year. It truly lights Ian up to be in the air, travelling with the birds, that much is clear. It was such a joy for me to chat with him about his passion.
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Gatineau Gliding Club at the Pendleton Airdrome near Wendover, Ontario, the small club from where Ian flies
2023 National Soaring Competition
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by American author Richard Bach
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