Para-Alpinism

Luca Godenzi launching from the south side of Piz Palü

‘It speaks in silence’

Luca Godenzi has been exploring the Bernina Range in Switzerland from the air for a decade. He shares some of the secret spots he’s found among these Alpine giants
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Soaring between the Mönch and Eiger, Switzerland

21 Ways to have fun in the Alps

“It’s not all about kilometres.” Tom Payne’s guide to simply having fun in the mountains
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Fred Souchon demonstrates his lollipop trick before launching his paraglider in the Chamonix Valley. Photo: Jake Holland

Mountain launches: Fred Souchon’s lollipop trick

Launching a paraglider from a slippery slope can be frustrating. Alpine climber and flyer Fred Souchon shows us a trick to make it easier
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Looking across to the Aiguille Verte

A new puzzle to play

Jake Holland and Fred Souchon tackle a classic Alpine route by paraglider – and offer their top tips on how to launch in high mountains
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K2 flown for the first time

Benjamin Védrines, Jean-Yves Fredriksen, Liv Sansoz and Zeb Roche caught the ultimate weather window and flew from the summit of K2
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My Flying Life: Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel 

The two adventure pilots talk about the gear they took on their X-Peaks  adventure – and what really mattered 
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Peter von Känel and Chrigel Maurer photo: Ágata Dominguez

Fly, Hike, Climb, Repeat…

Tarquin Cooper talks to Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel about climbing-and-flying all 82 Alpine 4,000m mountains in less than eight weeks
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Skywalk Pace single-skin for alpinists

Skywalk Pace: single-surface EN-B

Skywalk have released the Pace, a single-surface paraglider for "trail runners and ambitious alpinists" and "the lightest certified EN-B"
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Nova Bantam

Nova Climb & Fly Team

Nova have created a new Climb & Fly team of pilots specialising in para-alpinism, flying their Bantam (EN D) and Doubleskin (EN A) wings
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Preparing to launch from Mont Blanc

How to Hike-and-Fly from Mont Blanc, 4,810m

Charlie King explains how to prepare for an alpine hike-and-fly from the summit of Western Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc
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