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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: mountains
Last week of 2016 in New Zealand
Some rain today so a chance to catch up on sleep at last – it’s been a pretty hectic first week of my summer holiday in New Zealand.
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No train no pain
I wrote this nearly two years ago in the lead up to my debut xalps (2015), but decided it was too controversial to publish! So many people would ask me about my training and then give me a really worried look when … Continue reading →
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Bali paragliding from Mt Agung
I allocated a few days to this mission in tropical Bali amongst the warmest oceans of the world in what was supposed to be the dry season (July). Arriving at Denpasar it was hot and humid and huge wafting cumulus filled … Continue reading →
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New Zealand paragliding record, continued
We thought last summer was amazing but already this year we have been flying further than ever before, and it’s only the first week of January. We’ve had some European visitors (it’s slowly catching on) who have probably wondered what all this … Continue reading →
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Vol biv in South America
Late in 2006 I decided to learn to fly, but first I underwent knee surgery and during my recovery an exploratory tour of South America, always intending to return some day. Having limited information about flying there and requiring some … Continue reading →
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