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here weren’t many women in the sport when Margelisch began flying, though she sees more now than she used to. But paragliding, which gained more wide-spread popularity in the 1980s, still remains dominated by men. At the international level, Margelisch says, about 10 percent of competitors are women; in the U.S. Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, just under 11 percent of members are women. Even in the outdoor sports hub of Verbier, of