Paraglider

2022 - 6 - 25

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Sky-High Adventure Racing: Elite Paragliders Take On the Pyrenees ... (GearJunkie)

Six days, 376 miles, and a remarkably stacked field — X-Pyr 2022 is one paragliding race you won't want to miss.

A minimum paragliding kit includes the glider, harness, parachute, helmet, mobile phone, and live tracking equipment. elevation, mile 376 elevation, mile 68 elevation, mile 9 elevation, mile 0 The four points form an X-like configuration, and pilots must reach each point in exact order, from southwestern Peña Montañesa to northeastern Arbas, then on to northwestern Midi de Bigorre, and finally southeastern El Corronco.

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Man dies in paraglider crash in Collin County (The Dallas Morning News)

A Caddo Mills man is dead after a paraglider crashed Friday evening near Farmersville, the Collin County Sherriff's Office said. Deputies responded to the.

The sheriff’s office, Texas Department of Public Safety and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the incident. Authorities did not release additional information about the crash. A Caddo Mills man is dead after a paraglider crashed Friday evening near Farmersville, the Collin County Sherriff’s Office said.

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Honolulu firefighters rescue paraglider stranded on side of mountain ... (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

HFD received a call just before 11 a.m. for an uninjured paraglider who was stranded near Makaua Hidden Valley Trail. Firefighters arrived at the trail head a ...

Rescue personnel were able to retrieve the paraglider from his “precarious position” and flew him to a landing zone just after 11:45 a.m. A paraglider who was stuck on the side of the mountain about 200 feet above the ground in Kaaawa was rescued this morning, the Honolulu Fire Department reported.

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Paraglider rescued 200ft off the ground on side of mountain (KHON2)

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Fire Department said personnel responded to a call for an uninjured paraglider stranded near the Makaua Hidden Valley Trail ...

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Paraglider faces uncertain future after cliffside crash in French Alps (Stuff.co.nz)

Serious injuries to Kiwi paragliding veteran's head, legs and back have left him largely "immobilised" in a European hospital.

Goldner wrote that they were fundraising to get Neynens home and to help him recuperate without income. Neynens said there was a lot of uncertainty about what was going to happen and where he would end up, saying his head was banged up, he now had staples in his back, and he had concerns about his legs: Friends of "legend of life" Nick Neynens have started a fundraising page for the Queenstown adventurer who was airlifted to hospital in Annecy after a cliffside crash in the Col des Aravis in mid-June.

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