India

Desintation Panchgani

Destination: Panchgani, India

Panchgani is in southern India with "brilliant and adventurous" flying – the best time to visit is from November to March
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Soaring at the beach in Albania

Living the Dream

Ed Ewing meetsMichael Gebert, the adventure pilot who's done it all from hangliding to hike-and-fly racing to teaching and guiding paragliding
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Paragliding In Bir, India. Photo: Jorge Atramiz

Adventure Mode: Going over the back in Bir

Bir remains one of the most reliable and rewarding mountain flying sites you can fly. But it comes with responsibility
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Over the back in Bir, India. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

Bir 2025: “Don’t push too deep”

As the season starts to wind down in Bir, India, pilots are being warned to stay safe following a series of incidents.
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Vijay Soni. Photo: Ed Ewing

Vijay Soni: 1972-2025

Gurpreet Dhindsa remembers his friend Vijay Soni, one of India's leading paraglider pilots
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Paragliding in the Himalaya

Himalayan Lifeline: Rescue at 5,000m

Stranded on a 600m cliff after crashing at almost 5,000m Michal Karnik fought to stay alive. This is his story
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Ben Lewis had been in Bir for three weeks before his incident, which saw him reach more than 7,000m in a cu-nim. Photo: Ben Lewis

“The vario was just screaming”

Canadian pilot Dr Ben Lewis was swept to 7,374m in a storm cloud in Bir in India in October 2024 and lived. He tells his story
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Ben Lewis's tracklog from paragliding in a storm cloud in Bir, India.

‘It was just so strong – there was nothing I could do’

Canadian paraglider pilot Dr Ben Lewis was swept to 7,374m in a storm in the Indian Himalaya. Remarkably, he lived to tell the tale
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Paragliding during the PWCA in Bir, India, November 2024. Photo: Anna Berger

Austin Cox and Joanna Kocot win PWCA in Bir

Austin Cox (USA) and Joanna Kocot (POL) have won the overall and female categories at PWC Asia Tour after five tasks
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Juraj Koren paragliding in Lahaul in India

Watch: Juraj Koren’s Fly, Climb, Conquer

Juraj Koren succeeded in making the first ascent of an unnamed 5,880m mountain having flown in and out on a Zeolite 2
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