Namibia

Dinner with Massai, Kenya. Photo: Tom de Dorlodot

Cover story 142: Into Africa – A 10,000km journey from Cairo to Cape Town

The cover story of Cross Country 142 features photographs from Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Lloren's overland journey through Africa. We asked them for their best images, and this is the result...
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Packing uo in the dark: Carlos Pugnet (ES) and Patrick Chopard (FR) after their record-breaking 372km flight in Namibia

World Hang gliding record falls – twice – in Namibia

The World hang gliding out-and-return record was broken twice on Monday 9 January 2011
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Into the Sky: Francois Isoard’s film of hang glider record-hunting in Namibia

'Into the Sky' is French hang glider pilot and cameraman Francois Isoard's documentary film of the December 2008 Namibian hang glider record-hunting expedition.
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French hang glider pilot dies in car crash in Namibia

Serious car crash in Namibia kills French hang glider pilot Jean Charles Balembois and injures two others.
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With Patrick we fly fast, the thermals are more nervous and narrow

Hang gliding in Namibia: The Calling 2008

Five world records and a 400 km convergence line are just rewards for French record breaker Gil Souviron as he finds the answers to his calling in the deserts of Africa
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