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Sky Guides: guiding paraglider pilots in the Karakoram

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Sky Guides Karakoram paraglider guiding with John Silvester

Join John Silvester and Brad Sander and be guided around the Karakoram by paraglider

New record flight set in Karakoram

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Thomas de Dorlodot paragliding in the Pakistan Karakoram Mountains

Thomas De Dorlodot has flown 225.02km in Pakistan

XCmag.com exclusive interview: Birdman of the Karakoram director / cameraman Alun Hughes

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Paragliding filmmaker Alun Hughes tells Ed Ewing what it’s like to fly tandem with John Silvester in the Karakoram

Alun Hughes Interview podcast

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
XC

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

Paragliding season in Pakistan ‘going off’

Friday, July 17th, 2009
XC

The paragliding season in the high mountains of Pakistan is “going off” according to resident US pilot Brad Sander.

Paragliding Karakoram’s Gasherbrum I+II and Broad Peak

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Antoine Girard

French mountaineer Antoine Girard is set to paraglide from the summits of Gasherbrum 1 + 2 and Broad peak in the Pakistan Karakoram

Eddie Colfox to use lightweight Vega II in Karakoram expedition

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
XC

Himalayan adventure pilot Eddie Colfox is to use a lightweight Axis Vega II paraglider in his forthcoming Karakoram expedition with John Silvester.

Paragliding in Pakistan: Kings of the wild frontier

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

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.