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Karakoram
Sky Guides: guiding paraglider pilots in the Karakoram
Join John Silvester and Brad Sander and be guided around the Karakoram by paraglider
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New record flight set in Karakoram
Thomas De Dorlodot has flown 225.02km in Pakistan
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Podcast: Birdman of the Karakoram director / cameraman Alun Hughes
Paragliding filmmaker Alun Hughes tells Ed Ewing what it’s like to fly tandem with John Silvester in the Karakoram
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Podcast: Alun Hughes on flying with John Silvester in the Karakoram
Adventure filmmaker Alun Hughes spent a month paragliding in the high mountains of Pakistan with flying legend John Silvester to produce his latest spectacular film, The Birdman of the Karakoram. Cross Country magazine gets the lowdown…
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Paragliding season in Pakistan ‘going off’
The paragliding season in the high mountains of Pakistan is “going off” according to resident US pilot Brad Sander.
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Paragliding Karakoram’s Gasherbrum I+II and Broad Peak
French mountaineer Antoine Girard is set to paraglide from the summits of Gasherbrum 1 + 2 and Broad peak in the Pakistan Karakoram
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Eddie Colfox to use lightweight Vega II in Karakoram expedition
Himalayan adventure pilot Eddie Colfox is to use a lightweight Axis Vega II paraglider in his forthcoming Karakoram expedition with John Silvester.
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Paragliding in Pakistan: Kings of the wild frontier
French vol bivouac duo, Philippe Nodet and Julien Wirtz, redefine adventure paragliding over ten incredible days in the heart of the Karakoram in Northern Pakistan.
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