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Horacio Llorens and Tom de Dorlodot in Spiti. Photo: John Stapels

Cross Country 210: June 2020

From 6,000m cloudbase in India to soaring high above the Isle of Wight, escape into the wonderful world of free flight. Here's what's in the latest issue
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Gin Seok Song

Cross Country interviews: Gin Seok Song, Gin Gliders

Delve deep into paragliding design with Gin Seok Song and Idris Birch from Gin Gliders, talking live from their HQ in South Korea
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Enzo-3-1250

Covid 19 – Update on competitions from the FAI and CIVL

What's cancelled and what's not in this season's international hang gliding and paragliding competition calendar – so far
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Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens in the Himalaya

Higher Ground: Paragliding in the Himalaya

Join Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens on an incredible paragliding journey through the Indian Himalaya
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Cross Country 209: May 2020

On fire! Pablo Heidenreich and photographer Felix Wolk flirt with fire on the cover of this issue as they fly perfect skies in Piedechinche, Colombia
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Théo de Blic

How to fly all day and stay focused

"Over the years I have developed a process that helps me stay focused for my acro runs while not wasting energy on the flying itself"
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The path ahead

From all of us at Cross Country Magazine

It's a strange time – to help out with a bit of light relief, we’re putting together lots of free content for pilots everywhere
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Mont Blanc

Forecasting Valley Winds

Can you forecast the height of a valley wind? Meteorologist Honja Rejmanek explains valley winds, first published in issue 195
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How to survive the coronavirus layoff

Tom Payne on what to do if you are facing restrictions over paragliding in the time of coronavirus
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Reserve ride. Photo: Andy Busslinger

Reserves: The Big Fat Repack Study

Could you find your reserve when you need to? Would it deploy? Dr Matt Wilkes studied 55 pilots to find out
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