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Kinga Masztalerz – Solo Vol Biv and Hike & Fly

Post author By Judith Mole
Post date 24 November 2018
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Kinga Masztalerz is one of the very, very few women to undertake big solo vol biv trips and has crossed the Southern Alps in New Zealand and the Dolomites in Italy on her own. A hard-core climber, she is physically and mentally very strong and has the fitness and determination to complete these trips. She has just been selected to compete in the 2019 X-Alps – one of only six women ever to get a place. Here she talks about her adventures and motivation. To see her beautiful movies go to her youtube channel.

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Podcast

Dust Devils with Matt Senior and Jesse Williams

Post author By Judith Mole
Post date 8 July 2018
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Our latest podcast is on dust devils. The Scientific American describes dust devils as “small, rotating columns of air that we can see because of the dust and debris they pick up from the ground, resulting from a mini-weather system that occurs when one piece of ground heats up faster than the ground surrounding it on a hot, calm, dry day.” They are also defined as heated thermal sources that should have been triggered but have become super heated, so that when they do release they do so with a surprising vehemence. Extremely dangerous near the ground, expert pilots do use them in competitions and during cross-country flying. In this podcast we talk about the dangers, safety, some tips and just how beautiful they are.

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News Video

Web/podcast: X-pyr 2018 – a route analysis with Greg Hamerton

Post author By Judith Mole
Post date 15 June 2018
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Celebrating ten years of podcasting! We published our first ever paragliding podcast a decade ago.

Our latest podcast is a route analysis of the 2018 X-pyr with Flybubble’s Greg Hamerton. Greg participated in the 2016 race and in this podcast, he talks through this years (much more complicated) course, some of the tactics the athletes might employ and how hard the race is.

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News

Sponsoring the X-Pyr

The X-Pyr is a flying and hiking competition, inspired by the Red Bull X-Alps, in which a selected number of teams, comprised of one pilot and one assistant race across the Pyrenees, from west to east, starting at the Bay of Biscay and finishing at the Mediterranean. The first one to achieve this objective, just by flying a paraglider and on foot, will be the winner.

Podcast

Preparing to Fly

Simon Blake is a pilot from the north-west of England. Having learnt to fly paragliders, he was very diligent about noting down his flights and what he learnt from them. A few years ago he put his collected experience into a book called Prepare to Fly.

If you haven’t read it yet, it’s a goldmine of information for both new and old pilots. This is the authoritative guide to what you can do – in every aspect of your flying – to prepare in advance. Simon’s book covers it all. In this podcast he talks about flying being a journey, not a destination; things you can prepare for and many tips and insights he has learnt on the way.

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