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Blogs by date posted
- X-Alps 2017 route May 13, 2017
- Choosing a new wing March 20, 2017
- New Zealand multisport February 25, 2017
- Last week of 2016 in New Zealand January 3, 2017
- No train no pain November 20, 2016
- Bali paragliding from Mt Agung July 25, 2016
- Meteorology unit 1 May 29, 2016
- New Zealand paragliding record, continued January 7, 2016
- Vol biv in South America November 19, 2015
- Xalps 2015 race diary – part 3 August 11, 2015
- Xalps 2015 race diary – part 2 August 7, 2015
- Xalps 2015 race diary – part 1 August 6, 2015
- A few flights in Eastern Europe August 4, 2015
- Vol biv in the Indian Himalaya April 19, 2015
- Going for the big one March 17, 2015
- X-Alps New Zealand style February 17, 2015
- Dream flights in the Southern Alps January 27, 2015
- Record triangle in New Zealand – Roys Peak January 2, 2015
- Ala Archa vol biv in Kyrgyzstan Tien Shan December 29, 2014
- An awful August in the Alps September 5, 2014
- X-pyr – the race across the Pyrenees July 28, 2014
- Pyrenees reconnaissance for X-pyr July 6, 2014
- Flying Mestia, Svaneti, in the high Georgian Caucasus June 4, 2014
- Flying over Lagodekhi in Georgia’s northeast May 26, 2014
- X-berg, X-pyr, ex-lovers May 20, 2014
- Flying Kazbegi in Georgia’s Caucasus May 18, 2014
- Northern French Alps best day of the week May 14, 2014
- Flying in Corsica, an anecdotal analysis May 4, 2014
- A short vol biv in Nice May 1, 2014
- Spring vol biv in the southern French Alps April 14, 2014
- X-berg vol biv across Africa’s Drakensberg mountains April 2, 2014
- More on the end 2013 New Zealand trip January 1, 2014
- Back to New Zealand December 21, 2013
- New adventures June 30, 2012
- A flying foray into Fiordland March 4, 2012
- Crossing the Richardson Range January 14, 2012
- Dart river vol biv January 1, 2012
- Central Oz road trip December 24, 2011
- The Great Dividing Range September 7, 2011
- Crossing the Pyrenees August 24, 2011
- Castejon de Sos, Spanish Pyrenees August 19, 2011
- To Ager, an xc site in the Spanish Pyrenees August 14, 2011
- Back to the Pyrenees August 11, 2011
- French Alps vol biv July 31, 2011
- XAlps road trip “the Aussie B-team” July 25, 2011
- XAlps – waiting for the start in Salzburg July 16, 2011
- Austria (wind, cloud, rain, and the odd flight in the mountains) July 11, 2011
- Bavarian Alps – Berchtesgaden July 5, 2011
- Millau (dry Southern France) July 5, 2011
- Pyrenees June 21, 2011
Tag Archives: europe
X-Alps 2017 route
Right now in the lead up to the 2017 Red Bull X-Alps, my facebook feed is starting to get busy with posts from athletes reconnoitring the new route. Most are heading over early to get several weeks of flying under … Continue reading →
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Xalps 2015 race diary – part 3
After a great flight across Switzerland I was no longer calculating whether I was on track to reach Monaco before the July 17th deadline – France was just around the corner. With a great weather forecast I was in a … Continue reading →
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Xalps 2015 race diary – part 2
Continuing on from the initial German / Austrian segment of the race, where I was silly enough to give the Europeans a big head start, I had a lot of catching up to do. With a bit more airtime I … Continue reading →
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Xalps 2015 race diary – part 1
What a fantastic opportunity to be the first New Zealander to compete in the xalps, the pinnacle of hike and fly. A truly exciting format that I’ve been a fan of since I first found out about paragliding and its … Continue reading →
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A few flights in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe was my little holiday before we went to the Alps for the month of preparation for the xalps. Tough life I know. Spring (May) offered some unstable weather as it usually does and we also were travelling around … Continue reading →
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