{"id":1768,"date":"2025-08-05T18:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/?page_id=1768"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:50:51","slug":"unser-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/en\/unser-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Touch Heaven was founded in 1987 by paragliding enthusiasts from Lienz. Today, the club has around 120 members from near and far, making it the biggest paragliding club in East Tyrol. The members form a network with diverse experiences, local knowledge, specialized expertise in weather and technology, contacts with manufacturers, etc., and they are happy to share their knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DIVERSITY - Fly your own way\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1030524270?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video by Andrea Kopf showcases the diverse ways to get started with paragliding at our club. It won an award at the Austrian Aeroclub's 2024 short film competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Safe Flying in the Community:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" class=\"wp-block-list is-style-default\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">Provision and maintenance of the infrastructure (launch sites, weather stations at Zettersfeld and at the landing site, Touch Heaven Club hut)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Representation of interests vis-\u00e0-vis authorities, landowners, cable car operators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Club homepage with weather information, flying area information, club information, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internal WhatsApp group for exchanging information about current conditions, events, equipment and service offers, safety issues, events, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information evenings, lectures and group activities (e.g. rescue packing)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internal challenges to learn to know the flying area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subsidy for safety trainings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joint club outings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christmas party and spontaneous events (e.g., point landings, Halloween flying, New Year's Eve flying)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And of course, the informal exchange over a post-landing beer\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clubausflug-Dune-du-Pilat-2025k.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clubausflug-Dune-du-Pilat-2025k-1024x769.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1946\" style=\"width:791px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clubausflug-Dune-du-Pilat-2025k-1024x769.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clubausflug-Dune-du-Pilat-2025k-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clubausflug-Dune-du-Pilat-2025k-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clubausflug-Dune-du-Pilat-2025k-1536x1153.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/touchheaven.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clubausflug-Dune-du-Pilat-2025k.jpeg 1904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Club trip to Dune du Pilat 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Veranstaltungen:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbulldolomitenmann.com\/\">Red Bull Dolomitenmann<\/a>: Touch Heaven takes over the management of the paragliding part of this extreme sports event (route planning, safety checks, start management) and also provides starters to teams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East Tyrol Cup: Together with our regional sister clubs (Schoberwings Ainet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ParateamVirgen\/\">Parateam Virgen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.praegraten.info\/Paragleiter_Praegraten\">Paragleiter Pr\u00e4graten<\/a>) we organize four competitions every year, one of them in Lienz (\u201cDie letschte Kuah mocht die Gotta zua\u201d).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Management Team<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chairperson: Franz Brandst\u00e4tter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">Deputy Chairperson: Florian Dreer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treasurer: Karin Strobl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputy Treasurer: Matthias Wieser<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secretary: Simon Staller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputy Secretary: Peter Schmidt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auditor: Peter Gritzer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputy Auditor: Peter Ortner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Formalities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">Touch Heaven Lienz<br>Paragleiter Club Lienz \u2013 Osttirol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">Vereinsnummer:&nbsp;720030<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ZVR-Zahl:&nbsp;299708272<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership fee: 50\u20ac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bank details <br>IBAN AT08 3600 0000 0925 4012<br>BIC:&nbsp;RZTIAT22<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Touch Heaven wurde 1987 von flugbegeisterten Lienzern gegr\u00fcndet, der Club hat heute etwa 120 Mitglieder aus nah und fern und ist damit der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Paragleiterverein in Osttirol. Die Mitglieder bilden ein Netzwerk aus vielf\u00e4ltigen Erfahrungen, Ortskenntnis, Spezialwissen zu Wetter und Technik, Kontakten zu Herstellern etc. und geben ihr Wissen auch gerne weiter. 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