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Blogs by date posted
- Paragliding in Pakistan October 13, 2019
- Winter in Brisbane September 1, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 12 July 19, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 11 July 18, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 10 July 17, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 9 July 16, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 8 July 15, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 7 July 14, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 6 July 13, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 5 July 12, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 4 July 11, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 3 July 10, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 2 July 9, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 1 July 8, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 preweek July 7, 2019
- Red Bull X-Alps 2019 route June 1, 2019
- Spring in New Zealand November 16, 2018
- USA road trip November 15, 2018
- Vol biv hitch in Canada November 12, 2018
- Paragliding adventures in China June 16, 2018
- New Zealand summer with Zalps March 6, 2018
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 10 France December 12, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 9 Matterhorn November 5, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 8 Italian lakes October 12, 2017
- Southeast Queensland and the NSW border ranges September 24, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 7 northern sojourn September 14, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 6 Garda September 11, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 5 To Italy September 1, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 4 Zugspitze August 12, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 3 Aschau August 5, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 2 Triglav August 2, 2017
- Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 1 early days July 29, 2017
- 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
Tag Archives: mountains
Paragliding in Pakistan
The mountains of Pakistan have been my holy grail (or should I say, Mecca!) for at least ten years. At xalps Antoine said they’d made it harder with permissions and you couldn’t get away with it as the authorities would … Continue reading →
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Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 12
Day 12 was the last day of the race. Having declared my night pass, I began at 3am (after an “early” night, it helped me escape the heat) and hiked to a high point to glide in the direction of … Continue reading →
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Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 11
Day 11 began in the famous Chamonix valley. First up a hike and glide to Mt Joly, west of Mont Blanc, then the heat wave continued as I pieced together a high route to St Hilaire, tagging it at the … Continue reading →
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Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 10
Day 10 started with a hike to a snowy pass and a beautiful glide down to the slopes of Niesen, one of Switzerland’s most famous paragliding sites. Another hot and sunny day and barely anyone around, for the most part … Continue reading →
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Red Bull X-Alps 2019 day 9
Day 9 started by waving thanks to my dairy farmer hosts, for a quick hike and glide to the slopes of Titlis, and a long climb to reach the turn point (and extra supplies from Mum). Then to avoid airspace … Continue reading →
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