Paragliding Italian volcanoes. Photo: Felix Woelk
See what's in Cross Country 173, September 2016
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Inferno: Felix Woelk paraglides live volcanoes

15 August, 2016

Paragliding Italian volcanoes. Photo: Felix Woelk

“Reaching the edge, the huge crater opened before our eyes. What a venomous throat, a toxic boiling bowl. Steams, fumes and smog came out of the slots and crevasses that opened up to poisonous red ground. It was definitely time to leave.” Felix Woelk cycles across southern Italy to fly live volcanoes with his friends.

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