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Destination: Bir, India
There are two sides to Bir/Billing in the Indian Himalayas: The beginner-friendly front ridge and then, more extreme, "the back"
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Destination: Manaslu
How to explore Nepal, without heading off on an adventurous self-supported vol-bivouac? One way is to make Babu Sunuwar your guide
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Guide to Kamshet, India
Escape northern winter and migrate to southwest India for a magical experience paragliding in Kamshet, two hours from Mumbai
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Paragliding in Iran: Country guide
The paragliding in Iran is diverse and exciting, from the famous site of Rokh with its 400km days and 6,000m cloudbase to soaring on the Caspian Sea.
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Guide to Bir, India
Bir is a Tibetan colony in northern India. Come here pre- or post-monsoon and fly the front ridge of the mighty Himalayas – or back into the big peaks
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Himalayan Getaways: Manali, India
Manali used to be paragliding’s alternative universe with hundreds of tandem pilots with ragged-out wings vying for tourist trade
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Himalayan Getaways: 360, India
If the heli-paragliding of Chamunda doesn’t grab you but you’d still like to escape the crowds on take-off at Bir/Billing then head east to 360
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Himalayan Getaways: Gangtok, Sikkim
In the far northeast of India, bordering Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan, Sikkim is the jewel in the Himalaya’s crown
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Himalayan Getaways: Sirkot, Nepal
Get away from the crowds and stable air of Pokhara a couple of hours’ drive or so southwest. Sirkot has been developed by Babu Sunuwar, of Everest fame
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Himalayan Getaways: Chamunda, India
Chamunda Devi temple sits at 2,800m in the mountains about 30km west of the famous paragliding site of Bir and 400m higher than that take-off
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