Episode 174- Dreaming Big, Going Bigger in Pakistan with Aaron Durogati

Episode 174- Dreaming Big, Going Bigger in Pakistan with Aaron Durogati

Aaron Durogati is no stranger to thinking and doing big, but this time he pulled off what can only be described as outrageous. He and a few friends spent 40 days in the Himalaya in Pakistan to pursue mountaineering "combos". They used their paragliders to take off from lower elevations, put their touring gear (ie skis) on in the air, stuff it in somewhere high, often above 5,000 meters and then ski and fly down. They spent many nights at altitude acclimatizing; they got stuck with heinous walks out on dangerous glaciers; Aaron had a frightening crash; he got so sick he thought he was going to die...and then he somehow managed to fly at 285 km FAI triangle across the biggest terrain in the world...

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Episode 51- Sailplane radness, the Perlan Project, Imagining the Possibilities

Episode 51- Sailplane radness, the Perlan Project, Imagining the Possibilities

Imagine an engineless airplane reaching the edge of space. Crazy? Impossible? In this episode of the Cloudbase Mayhem Kevin Brooker, a passionate sailplane pilot takes us through the long history of s...

4 Loka 20171h 29min

Episode 50- Dave Snowden and turning talent into Wins

Episode 50- Dave Snowden and turning talent into Wins

Episode 50 is all about competitions. From flying psychology to training David Snowden has taken 25 years of flying passion into figuring out to take a country (Australia) with plenty of talent but wi...

20 Syys 20171h 13min

Episode 49- Honza Rejmanek and Understanding the Invisible

Episode 49- Honza Rejmanek and Understanding the Invisible

Honza Rejmanek competed in the Red Bull X-Alps five times. He finished in 3rd place in 2009 and made goal in Monaco in his last campaign in 2015. Many of our listeners will also know Honza from his re...

8 Syys 20171h 43min

Episode 47- Max Fanderl and a lifetime of flight

Episode 47- Max Fanderl and a lifetime of flight

Max Fanderl began flying paragliders and then hang gliders in the late 80's. A few months after his first flight he quit his job to become an instructor and has made a life of flying. He was a test pi...

23 Elo 201752min

Episode 48- Bonus Podcast! Gavin McClurg and the 2017 X-Alps

Episode 48- Bonus Podcast! Gavin McClurg and the 2017 X-Alps

The Red Bull live tracking is great, but it misses out on all the behind-the-scenes and in this talk we dive into what the fans don't get to see. We talk training, supplements, our decision on using t...

20 Elo 20171h 25min

Episode 46- Reavis Sutphin-Gray and increasing your toolkit

Episode 46- Reavis Sutphin-Gray and increasing your toolkit

Reavis learned to fly a decade ago and had a pretty unusual experience with being in the air- he doesn't experience fear. But he had a very firm understanding of the risks and wanted to be a safe pilo...

9 Elo 201756min

Episode 45- Chrigel Maurer and becoming an Eagle

Episode 45- Chrigel Maurer and becoming an Eagle

Chrigel Maurer is the undisputed king of paragliding and after his 5th straight X-Alps win I get the feeling that he's just getting started. Chrigel was the world champion 3 times, is an acro champion...

26 Heinä 20171h 24min

Episode 44- Caroline Paul and Overcoming Fear

Episode 44- Caroline Paul and Overcoming Fear

"Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up — and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise con...

21 Kesä 20170s

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