Mike Küng and the Paratrekking team have taken to the Himalayan skies.

Mike Kung plans to fly up the south face of Lhotse in Nepal, and gain the world altitude record for soaring flight.

Ewa Wisnierska and ‘mad’ Mike Kung launched their tandem paraglider from a hot air balloon over Bavaria earlier this month.

The Red Bull X-Alps 2011 athlete list was announced today. Surprise entrants include ‘Mad’ Mike Kung from Austria, who is entering for the first time.

Paragliding acro star and ground-handling afficionado Mike Kung’s ‘paraclimbing’ in wadi Rum, Jordan is being screened on German TV this week.

Mike Kung plans to jump from a flying zeppelin at Lindau

Limits? What limits? Matt Gerdes shakes his head in disbelief at Mike Kung’s latest feat: crossing the English Channel by paraglider