Alps

Charlie climbing on the Aravis

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Going round in circles

“My day has gone from bad to worse. Wish I’d done what I’d wanted to. Now set myself back hours and hours of walking ☹ not fun any more”
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Feet holding up well

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Half way point

Day three is over, so we are halfway through the Airtour, timewise if not distance-wise. The car is doubling up as a fairly ineffective drying room after last night's downpour soaked everything, and is starting to smell like a cheese factory
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Charlie eating lunch and changing shoes before the next section of the hike

St Hil’Airtour 2011: A day of walking

We woke to a grey sky with the odd shower coming through but still the hope it would be flyable from the top of Colombier...
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Summiting the Col de Marocaz

St Hil’Airtour 2011: More walking than flying

Charlie King flies and walks 36km on her first day of the 289km adventure race.
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Group photo of the competitors and their supporters

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Practise day

Charlie King reports from the start of the 289km adventure race
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Heading-off-for-the-Airtour-car-packed

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Heading north

The car's packed and we're off up to St Hilaire for the start of the Airtour.
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Austrian Arenas have revamped their website for 2011

Austrian Arena revamp website

Alpine paragliding guiding company Austrian Arena have a new, media-rich website.
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Paragliding Stubai Cup and Testival 2011 poster

Stubai Cup and Testival 2011

The 20th Stubai Cup and Testival kicks off the 2011 Alpine paragliding season from 18 - 20 March.
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Cross Country training in the French Alps for Ozone Delta pilots

The Alpine Flying Centre near Chamonix in the French Alps will be running cross country weeks exclusively for Ozone Delta pilots, next summer.
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Cross Country paragliding training camps and tours with Oliver Rössel

Oliver Rössel, the current German serial class paragliding champion and one of the most successful competition pilots in the world, is running cross country training camps in the Alps next season.
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