Paragliding Machapuchare

Cover story: Tandem paragliding over sacred Machapuchare

16 April, 2017

Paragliding Machapuchare

“The first thermals were weak … but we had to try. We scraped, scratched and battled, and found a thermal that took us up 100m. Slowly we worked it.”

Machapuchare, towering over Pokhara, is one of the Himalayas’ holy mountains. But would four brave tandem pilots succeed in their ambitious quest to fly over its summit?

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