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Blogs by date posted
- Beechmont – world class flying site at risk? May 10, 2023
- Spinal cord injury July 15, 2022
- More gliding in Oz December 20, 2021
- Summer in Europe September 23, 2021
- Red Bull X-Alps – would you do it again? July 28, 2021
- Brisbane lockdown March 11, 2021
- New Zealand 2020 April 1, 2020
- 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
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Tag Archives: xalps
Summer in Europe
It’s now well into September, and the cold and damp outside (even in the southern French Alps) certainly feels like the end of the season. I’ll try and get this out before equinox. In a nutshell the summer has been … Continue reading →
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Red Bull X-Alps – would you do it again?
My fourth X-Alps campaign ended prematurely this year when I eliminated on the sixth morning. I could name as factors my ankle injury, bad luck negotiating airspace technicalities, the disruptions of the pandemic, or the other competitors just being too … 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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Flying paragliders in the mountains 