(wind whooshing) (dog panting)
(cheerful instrumental music)
- [Narrator] Nestled high in the Swiss Alps,
there's a tiny village.
It's got all the things you might expect
in a quaint mountain community: chalets, breathtaking views,
cable cars, but there's one thing you might not expect.
Paragliders.
The people who live here love to paraglide.
They love it so much that some even commute to work
on a paraglider, even their dogs love to paraglide.
Okay, at least one dog anyway.
In fact, around 10% of village residents
are active paragliders.
Welcome Vercorin, Switzerland.
Meet Marie, she's a village resident
who naturally loves to paraglide.
(Marie speaking in a foreign language)
And boy do they fly.
Some every single day.
(Marie speaking in a foreign language)
Think it'd be faster just to hop in your car?
Think again.
(Marie speaking in a foreign language)
(machine whooshing)
(cheerful instrumental music)
Marie sometimes brings her dog Maya along too.
(Marie speaking in a foreign language)
Turns out Maya loved it.
(Marie speaking in a foreign language)
(dog barking)
(Marie speaking in a foreign language)
(cheerful instrumental music)
But it's not only sharing the skies with her best friend
and fellow Vercorin paragliders that keep Marie flying.
(Marie speaking in a foreign language)
(cheerful instrumental music)
(bell dinging)