Pascal Purin launches from Elfer launch, 2,030m
Pascal Purin, who is in training for the 2017 Red Bull X-Alps, had a mammoth hike-and-fly day on 18 June 2016, hiking up 9,540m and flying down again with his AirDesign UFO.
This is believed to be a hike-and-fly height gain record, though it is not administered by either the FAi or Guinness. It was previously held by Florian Ebenbichler, Pascal’s X-Alps supporter and trainer, with 8,860m.
Pascal, who is sponsored by Skinfit, started his day at 3am with a 1,060m climb up the Elferhütte in Stubaital. It took him one hour and 15 minutes. He unpacked his kit and flew back down … and then repeated this eight times, amassing the total height-gain of 9,540m.
The weather on the day was very changeable, with some of the climbs being in the rain, and he even had to sit out a thunderstorm before flying down on the eighth round, but the weather didn’t put off the throng of supporters in the landing field, there to congratulate Pascal on his achievement.
Pascal’s super-light kit, which includes an AirDesign single-skin UFO glider and Ozone F*Lite harness.
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