Juraj Koren paragliding in Lahaul in India
Adventure and inspiration,  Flying Culture

Watch: Juraj Koren’s Fly, Climb, Conquer

Combining paragliding, trekking, mountaineering, climbing and skiing in Lahaul in the Indian Himalaya

11 November, 2024, by Tarquin Cooper

For some pilots northern India at this time is all about exploring the XC potential. Not so for the adventurer Juraj Koren, who recently returned from a solo fly-climb-fly project.

He succeeded in making the first ascent of an unnamed 5,880m mountain having flown in and out on a Zeolite 2.

Launching from above the Solang valley, Juraj flew 33km into the mountains. As he approached at 5,500m, skis hanging from his side, he realised the plan he originally had wouldn’t work. “There was not enough snow on the north...

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