Pakistan

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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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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Airwave's new lightweight paraglider, the Himalaya

Airwave Himalaya: New expedition glider

The Airwave Himalaya was specially designed for use in professional mountain expeditions
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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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On glide to Nanga Parbat. Photo: Olivier Laugero

Paragliding in Pakistan: The Naked Mountain

There's no room for naked fear tackling the first paraglider circumnavigation of 8,126 m Nanga Parbat - the naked mountain
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