Alps

Coupe Icare 2024

Coupe Icare 2024: and the prize goes to…

Rounding up the fancy dress and film prizes at this year's famous Coupe Icare at St Hilaire du Tovuet, France
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Peter von Känel and Chrigel Maurer photo: Ágata Dominguez

Fly, Hike, Climb, Repeat…

Tarquin Cooper talks to Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel about climbing-and-flying all 82 Alpine 4,000m mountains in less than eight weeks
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Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel climb-and-fly all 82 Alpine 4,000m peaks in just 72 days – a first and a new record

X-Peaks: ‘An unbelievable two months’

Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel climb-and-fly all 82 Alpine 4,000m peaks in just 51 days – a first and a new record
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Aletsch Glacier

How to fly 100km in the Alps

If you can fly 30km you can climb in thermals and you can connect those thermals together, so what is stopping you doing that time after time?
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XPeaks: Climb-and-fly all 4,000ers

Chrigel Maurer and Peter Von Känel kicked off their mission to climb all 4,000m+ peaks in the Alps, with the Aletschhorn (4194m) on 11 June
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Indian Himalya

Cross Country Issue 248: Early Spring

It's all about connections – with your glider, yourself and the people you meet along the way. Explore what's inside the latest issue
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Olivier Roche was flying a yellow Epsilon 9 when he went missing on Friday 18 August

Olivier Roche: Body found after 11 days

The body of Olivier Roche, the pilot who went missing in the French Alps on 18 August, has been found and recovered
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Olivier Roche was flying a yellow Epsilon 9 when he went missing on Friday 18 August

Olivier Roche: Missing in the Alps

The family of a pilot missing in the Alps for a week have appealed to pilots and hikers for information
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Baptiste lambert's 350km FAI triangle World record flight on 20 August 2023

Baptiste Lambert: World Record 350km triangle

Ozone R&D pilot Baptiste Lambert flew a 350.5km FAI triangle from Col de l'Izoard on Sunday 20 August 2023, potentially a new world record
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Eliya Zemmour in flight during his Alpine Trilogy, July 2023

Eliya Zemmour’s Alpine Trilogy

Eliya Zemmour linked up three classic Alpine climbs: the Grandes Jorasses, Matterhorn and Eiger, travelling between them by paraglider in July 2023
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