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Rob Whittall: A tribute to friendship

Rob Whittall, world champion in both hang gliding and paragliding, wrote this tribute to friendship for Cross Country issue 67 in 2000
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Paragliding the Himalayas: Lust For Life

'‘I am an eternal optimist with a lust for life, not some psycho with an urge to die.' Paraglider pilot Bob Drury tells the story behind his recent BBC filming trip in Nepal
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Daedalus: The forgotten hero of paragliding and hang gliding

According to ancient Greek mythology, Daedalus and his son Icarus were put in prison by King Minos of Crete because Daedalus helped kill the Minotaur and escape with the king’'s daughter, the beautiful Ariadne
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John Silvester and Alun Hughes: From Nowhere to the Middle of Nowhere

In April 1999, paraglider pilot John Silvester arrived in western Nepal with cameraman Al Hughes to attempt the first-ever paragliding crossing of western Nepal...
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Paraglider review: Freex Oxygen

Hugh Miller reviews the Freex Oxygen, a paraglider designed to win you gold and the blushes of Britney Spears, or whichever pop kitten was top of the pops back when this was published, a hundred years ago in 1999...
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Paraglider review: Gin Bonanza

Bob Drury reviews the Bonanza from Gin Gliders. On paper, the perfect paraglider...
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Paragliding in the Himalayas: Life is what you make of it…

Imagine standing in a warehouse somewhere. Your mobile phone rings. You struggle to answer it... and there they are, your friends phoning from a Himalayan summit...
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Wills Wing hang gliding: (Not such a) renegade designer, Rob Kells

Cross Country magazine's Hugh Miller talks to Rob Kells of Wills Wing hang gliding
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A Tribute to Dave Bridges

It is with deep sorrow that we absorb the tragic news of the loss of our beloved friend, colleague and business partner, David Bridges
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An interview with paraglider designer Gin Seok Song

Paraglider designer Gin Seok Song caused a splash in the paragliding world when he quit Edel and formed his own company. Here he talks to Hugh Miller about why
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