I have just read Brad’s ozone blog to find out how the team is doing on the 500km Bir to Nepalese border bivvy run…AND THEY HAVE DONE IT! 
Congrats to all of you…such a good trip.
didnt you just want to keep going and follow luc all the way to kathmandu!

 
Yesterday I flew!
Alone.
The first time in a month.
The first time since last Friday.
Soared up from low,
my middle aged body skimming snow for 2000 ft,
before becoming adolescent at the small summit,
and laying down tracks in 50m power slides,
thrilling to the energy of my wing.
My sadness and latent anger,
brewing all week,
was lost on the wind,
and as I [...]

The shortest day has gone, and from here on in for us pilots in the northern hemisphere it can only get better.This year,for the first time ever,I offered a sacrifice,torching an old glider on my favorite take-off , hoping for a better summer next year.
I almost burnt one 8 years ago, a brand spanking new one [...]

It’s easy to sometimes think that brilliant new flights in exciting ‘exotic’ places are easy to come by.
I certainly do, because I am a dreamer, but the reality of what it sometimes takes to get in the sky and make an epic crossing is brilliantly described by Phillipe Nodet in ‘TAJIKISTAN‘…8 days of wilderness walking just to find [...]

It has been a strange summer.
A summer that was filled with big expectations, but as often happens with paragliding, expectations that could not be fulfilled.
At least, that is, the expected ones !
What actually happened was more than I could have ever expected…2 flights that I am not going to forget for a very long time!
Shispar…May [...]