France’s Tanguy Renaud-Goud set a new hike-and-fly world record for elevation gain over 24 hours in April. He hiked-and-flew 17,534m over 23 hours on 25-26 April 2024 in Samoëns, France, beating the previous record by more than 500m.
Tanguy hiked the 800m ascent to a take-off on Le Criou in the northern French Alps 22 times, flying down each time. A temporary permit allowed him to continue through the night.
He flew with a Niviuk Kode P (size 16), weighing 1.8kg, a Roamer 2 P harness (200g) and the Expe 30 backpack (480g). During the night he switched to the single-skin Skin 3 P (size 20, 2kg) and at dawn, as the wind picked up, he switched back to his Kode P.
Four days later, Tanguy reflected on his incredible world record.
How’s the body?
Immediately afterwards there was a...
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