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Guidebook descriptions are no longer reliable because of climate change. There is a massive risk of falling rocks, and challenging rock climbing. One…
The sun slowly rises over Vienna as Roland Brunnbauer climbs on to the roof of gondola number 10 of the Giant Ferris Wheel at the Prater. It’s 6 in…
There are places in this world that touch us so deeply that we make a promise to ourselves to one day return. Tom de Dorlodot made such a promise over…
Each year the fields around Castelluccio become a sea of flowers. Last spring, Adi Geisegger and three friends went there to experience this…
Paraglider pilot and photographer Adi Geisegger has been fascinated by the land of the pharaohs since he was eight years old. The appeal of this…
Where does the comfort zone end and the adventure begin for someone who has already achieved legendary status in his lifetime? Chrigel Maurer gives us…
To fly across the Alps from Valais to the Berner Oberland by paraglider is a lifetime dream for many pilots. Celebrated photographer Andy Busslinger…
During his trip to Utah as winter threatened, paraglider pilot and photographer Felix Wölk caught cold in the truest sense of the word. He had been…
Tom de Dorlodot crossed the Atlantic with his sailing boat and set out to explore the cross-country flying potential of the Dominican Republic. He met…
Every cross-country flight has its own story. Aaron Durogati's 312 km triangle in the middle of Pakistan's 7,000 metre scenery was special. The…
It is nearly a year since Chrigel Maurer caused a stir at the top-class desert event. Not only were his skills put to the test in this superlative…
Felix Wölk and Pablo Heidenreich find themselves in a Central American witch's cauldron while flying at the 3,976 metre high Acatenango. This is an…