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Aaron Durogati flying in Pakistan

Touching the Sky VR Review: ‘Out of this world’

Touching the Sky VR allows viewers to get a pilot's eye view of paragliding in the Karakoram – and it's amazing
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Aaron Durogati (left) and Matthias Weger while filming in Pakistan. The pilots have skis attached to their harnesses for combing skiing and flying vol bivouac in the mountains Photo: Jon Griffith / RBCP

The Ultimate Quest: Touching the Sky VR

Touching the Sky VR took three years to make and pushed aerial filmmaking boundaries at every turn – the pilots tell us how they did it
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Paragliding at sunset along steep cliffs in Utah, USA

Road Trip USA: ‘There is huge potential for epic flights’

Tim Rochas, Pierre Bottero, Anna Berger and Tanguy Renaud-Goud head to the canyonlands and badlands in Utah
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A high cloudbase in the Sertao, Brazil. Photo: James Johnson

Letter From: ‘As you inhale, you begin to fly’

Have you ever flown in a dream? Maybe in childhood? Or perhaps you’ve been flying all your life? Yuri Grachevski writes from the heart
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David Gottler paragliding from the summit of Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat: ‘It was really unbelievable’

“When you pull something off, if everything clicks and works perfectly after so many years of trying, it’s magical"
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Paragliding in the Himalaya

Himalayan Lifeline: Rescue at 5,000m

Stranded on a 600m cliff after crashing at almost 5,000m Michal Karnik fought to stay alive. This is his story
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Action at the 2000 HG World Speed Championships

Watch: Revisit the world speed hang gliding championships

Discover the excitement of speed hang gliding as we revisit the FAI World Championship held on Mount Olympus in Greece.
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Flying in Honduras

Where the wild wind blows

A passionate Canadian pioneer and a small but dedicated community are shaping Honduras into an unexpected paragliding destination
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Flying at the Bornes to Fly 2025

Born to Fly

In May Riley Ferré headed to her first big hike-and-fly competition in the French Alps – she shares what she learned
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Take-off in Andalusia

El Rey de Andalusia

Henry George braved the backroads and byways of deepest Andalusia to chase the race at this year’s Spanish Hike-and-Fly National Championships
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