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How to learn the art of vol-bivouac

"The ability to travel over terrain, camp and continue the next day must be as old as humankind itself". Jake Holland talks vol-bivouac
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Chrigel Maurer

Where eagles dare

Till Gottbrath talks to Chrigel Maurer about the regime of “progressive and systematic” training that helped Chrigel get (really) good
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Flying in the Lötschental Valley, Switzerland

Where the wild things are

The Lötschental valley in the Bernese Alps is known for Tschäggattä – frightening figures in wooden masks that cause mayhem at carnival time
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Matt Henzi and his dog Oso at home

My flying life: Matt Henzi

The sensei of American paragliding on what matters most
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Looking across to the Aiguille Verte

A new puzzle to play

Jake Holland and Fred Souchon tackle a classic Alpine route by paraglider – and offer their top tips on how to launch in high mountains
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Hiking and speedflying the Cherry Canyon logging trail during a Speedmo event last year in Utah, USA. Photo: Mack Lambert

Welcome to: the new world of speedmo

Race up, fly down ... Like skimo is ski mountaineering, speedmo is speedfly-mountaineering. Jack Sheard gets an insight
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Wave flying with Gordon Boettger. Photo: Gordon Boettger

The Long Game: Chasing the monster

Gordon Boettger is one of the only pilots on Earth using night vision goggles to fly wave – I went with him
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Bill Moyes in May 2007. Photo: Robert Gray, Bill’s grandson

The original Moyes Boy

Bill Moyes was one of the founding fathers of hang gliding. Tarquin Cooper looks back on his life and legacy.
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Pierre Marques watches in wonder as the Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet passes by over Corsica. It won’t be back for another 80,000 years. This photo was shot in one frame. Photo: Jacques Paul-Stefani

How I got the shot: the Tuschinshan-Atlas comet

Photographer Jacques Paul-Stefani explains how he took the remarkable Opening Shot photograph featured in Cross Country 254
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A tracklog showing a 500km flight in Brazil

“The best bit was flying wing-to-wing at 500k”

Hugo Hadaš and Stanislav Klikar flew 503km straight line on 20 October 2024, from Carnaubas in northeast Brazil
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