Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Climbing and flying from the summit of Aconcagua. Photo: Landon Paschall

Climb and Fly: Aconcagua Calling

“Everything was fantastic! Great group, great but tough climb, beautiful flight." Climbing and flying from South America’s highest peak
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Exploring Qatar by parakite. Photo: Adi Geisegger

Parakiting: Where the sand meets the sea

Photographer Adi Geisegger discovers the dunes of Qatar are the perfect mid-winter destination for parakiting adventures.
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Allen Weynberg discusses race tactics

Head in the clouds: Race tactics at the weightless

Spinning smoothly, my view is a series of thin blue strips. A watercolour-world of washed-out hues – a distant line of cumulus to the west...
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Henry Hauck film maker

Vintage free-filght films restored

Filmmaker and pilot Henry Hauck has digitally restored and released online his archive of early free-flight films from the mid-80s and 90s
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Paragliding Valle de Bravo Nicole Holmes 3

Learning to fly in Temascaltepec

"This was not just a community but a thriving ecosystem." Hanna Klingbeil Canale explores how free flight has transformed a community
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Paragliding wave. The smooth cloud indicates the top of the rising air in the wave. Unlike a cumulus which forms and dissipates quickly from convection, wave clouds can “stand” in the same place for a long time. Clouds form on the crests of the waves due to cooling and dissipate in the troughs due to warming. Photo: Adi Geisegger

Winter Wave: High altitude, high mountain flying

Adi Geisegger experienced the flight of his life on a winter’s day in the Alps, when he connected with wave – “Spectacular”
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Tom de Dorlodot above the Pyramids of Giza at night. Photo: Marc Marco

Flight of the Pharaohs

Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens reunite for a night flight over the Pyramids of Giza and Valley of the Kings in Egypt
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Paragliding in the Dolomites. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

Adventure Mode: ON

From vol-biv in the Dolomites to exploring the highlands of Kenya, we asked 12 local gurus to share the secrets to their favourite spots
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Paul Guschlbauer launches from Hahnenkamm Kitzbühel during Wanderbird

‘Adventure is what drives me in life’

Paul Guschlbauer explains why he loves sharing the joys of adventure and how he came to found Wanderbird hike-and-fly.
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Le Petit Combin paragliding climb and fly adventure by Tim Rochas

Adventure Mode: Combo flying Le Petit Combin

The Petit Combin is a beautiful 3,672m peak standing between the Val de Bagnes and the valley leading up to the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass
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