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Mont Blanc is 4810m

Mont Blanc 4,810m: has it grown?

Mont Blanc has been remeasured by a group of French scientists and found to be 4,810m instead of 4,807.
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Annecy 360 degree panorama from paramotor

360-degree paramotorist’s eye view of Lake Annecy in autumn

360-degree view of an autumnal Lake Annecy from onboard a paramotor with ITV
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French Paragliding Championships 2011: men's podium

Nicolas Bernhard is French Paragliding Champion 2011

Nicolas Bernhard and Elisa Houdry are the French paragliding champions for 2011
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Classic Routes from XCmag

Classic Routes: The World’s Best XC Routes

Classic Routes is the beautiful new paragliding and hang gliding book from the makers of Cross Country magazine
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Coupe Icare 2011 poster

Coupe Icare 2011: film festival entries announced

With only a few days until the Coupe Icare film festival, the film entries have been announced.
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The Pre-Europeans podium: David Gallarte (2nd), Kean-Marc Caron (1st), Andreas Malecki (3rd)

Jean-Marc Caron wins paragliding Pre-Europeans 2011

France's Jean-Marc Caron has won the paragliding pre-Europeans
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Gin's Eric Roussel was among five pilots to top-land 4,807m Mt Blanc on 21 August

5,000m over Mont Blanc

August 2011 has seen high cloudbases in the Alps. Five pilots top-landed Mont Blanc on Sunday.
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St Gervais Vol Libre 4807 Flying Light week

4807 Flying Light: hike-and-fly week in St Gervais

The St Gervais Mont Blanc paragliding club's 4807 Flying Light hike-and-fly week runs from 4 – 9 October 2011.
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The Raid Chamois 2011 takes place on 8 October

Raid Chamois 2011: four sport adventure race in the French Alps

The seventh edition of the Raid Chamois paraglider adventure race takes place in the Annecy area of France on Saturday 8 October.
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Antoine Girard completes the tour five minutes before the cutoff time, and is the winner of the first ever Airtour

St Hil’Airtour 2011: the last day

The last day meant fantastic flights for some, and all day on foot for others. The winner, Antoine Giraud, completed the entire tour and flew into goal with five minutes to spare.
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