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Four successful attempts were made by Prem Thakur, Deepak Nagoi, Chandra Mohan andManoj Oli. Although flying from Varunavrat mountain top is challenging, experts will surely love to take on the challenge.”District magistrate Ashish Chauhan said, “We will organize a paragliding event, after the successful run of the initiative.” Of the four attempts, three landings were made on the ground near Joshiyara lake, whereas the fourth launding was made by Manoj Oli on a floating platform on the lake.Singh said, “Uttarkashi has a lot of potential for developing adventure sports and Chinyalisaur has some nice take of and landing points. UTTARKASHI: In a unique attempt to promote paragliding sports in Uttarkashi district, a veteran paraglidar from Pithoragarh, Manoj Oli, successfully landed on a floating platform made over Joshiyara lake.Uttarakhand Paragliding Association and Uttarkashi district administration claims it to be an exclusive landing, which is a first in the hill state.To develop paragliding as an adventure sports in the district, a team of experts led by secretary of the association Shankar Singh was searching for suitable places in the district from the past few months.After inspecting a few sites near Chinyalisaur, the team decided to make a trial on Varunavrat top..