Girard’s Himalayan adventure
Antoine Girard begins his Himalayan adventure on June 14th.
He aims to climb three 8000m peaks around the Baltoro glacier in the Pakistan Himalaya, without sherpas or oxygen, and fly off them on his Airwave Himalaya adventure wing. The peaks he intends to summit, neighbours of K2, are Broad Peak (8 047m), G2 (8 035m) and G1 (8 068m). His will be the first known descents by paraglider of Broad Peak and G1.
The Himalaya was designed for just such adventures, tipping the scales at under 2kg yet with a sail area of over 20m2, trim speed of around 40km/h and glide ratio of over 7:1. It is said to have a very efficient brake deflection to aid launches in the difficult conditions of thin, high altitude air.
