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X-Pyr 2022: Team Italy’s Edoardo Colombo

25 June, 2022

Edoardo Colombo from Italy is a mountain guide and paraglider pilot. He is one of the 32 rookies in this year’s X-Pyr.

We chatted to him ahead of the race and got a guided tour of his Star Wars and Yoda-inspired van!

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