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… Read more about their trip here You can buy Birdman of the Karakoram now from www.xcshop.com

The Himalayan Open in India has been cancelled following the death of a Russian pilot in the area, according to local news reports. Another pilot has been missing for a week…