Aaron Durogati in the Karakoram. Photo: Aaron Durogati
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Watch: Aaron Durogati flies a 300km triangle in the Karakoram

30 June, 2022

Aaron Durogati flew a 312km FAI triangle in the Karakoram on 26 June 2022 – a new Asian paragliding record.

Watch the clip … and here’s the tracklog. He was flying an Advance Omega X-Alps 4 and was in the air for 10hr30mins. His flight came two days after he flew a 285km triangle in the same region.

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