#258- Ariel Zlatkovski and Project 100: the Ultimate XC Challenge

#258- Ariel Zlatkovski and Project 100: the Ultimate XC Challenge

This past XContest season (2025) Ariel Zlatkovski decided to take on a fantastically bold and totally mind-bending mission: Fly 100, 100km flights in a single season. To pull it off he'd have to spend a full 10% of his hours on Earth flying (nearly 20% of daylight hours), he'd cover 12,000 kilometers of open distance, and rack up 893 hours in the sky. He'd live the entire year away from home in India, Colombia and the Alps and while one imagines this would be most pilot's dream year, it was often lonely, and often very intense. Much of it was a real grind and subjected Ariel to too much risk. Ariel shares his rather obsessive journey into paragliding, how Project 100 took hold, and the challenges and emotional highs and lows he faced along the way.

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#233 A Monster day in the Owens with Gordon Boettger

#233 A Monster day in the Owens with Gordon Boettger

Gordon Boettger has achieved remarkable feats in wave flying, breaking records with a 3100+ km flight in 18.5-hours using night vision goggles and strong atmospheric wave. This Monday I joined him for...

15 Marras 202443min

#232 An Impossible Story of Survival with Ben Lewis

#232 An Impossible Story of Survival with Ben Lewis

Canadian pilot Ben Lewis shares his perilous and rather unbelievable cloudsuck experience paragliding in Bir, India, where extreme turbulence led eventually to a harrowing near-death "landing." After ...

1 Marras 20241h 7min

#231 Chasing Excellence with Evan Bouchier

#231 Chasing Excellence with Evan Bouchier

Evan discusses his transition from extreme kayaking to paragliding, highlighting the significance of tandem flying, competition experiences, and mental techniques like intuition and visualization. He ...

17 Loka 202450min

#230 Hugh Miller and making the Glide to Sailplanes

#230 Hugh Miller and making the Glide to Sailplanes

Hugh Miller, a renowned paraglider pilot, has recently transitioned to flying sailplanes, capturing interest with his first competition experience. His journey highlights the challenges and excitement...

5 Loka 202450min

#229, The Exit Point Podcast interviews your Host

#229, The Exit Point Podcast interviews your Host

Gavin McClurg, an accomplished extreme sports athlete and Patagonia ambassador, discusses his experiences with risk, flow, and mentorship in extreme sports on the Exit Point Podcast. He covers his his...

24 Syys 20241h 51min

#228 Eat, Sleep, Fly 100 km Repeat with Mathew Fiddes

#228 Eat, Sleep, Fly 100 km Repeat with Mathew Fiddes

Mathew Fiddes, a relatively new pilot, set out to win the Australian XC league in the 23' XContest season. Despite early challenges, he aimed for 52 100 km flights in a season and achieved this goal b...

9 Syys 202457min

#227 The XPeaks Expedition with Chrigel Maurer and Peter Von Känel

#227 The XPeaks Expedition with Chrigel Maurer and Peter Von Känel

Peter Von Känel and Chrigel Maurer embarked on the Xpeaks 82 summits project, becoming the first to link all 82 of the 4,000-meter peaks in the Alps using only their feet and paragliders. Despite weat...

21 Elo 20241h 25min

#226 Benni Bölli and the Art of Flaring

#226 Benni Bölli and the Art of Flaring

The episode features Benni Bölli, the inventor and designer behind Flare kites, discussing "flaring" or parakiting, a sport combining kitesurfing and paragliding elements. He explains the Flare system...

13 Elo 202457min

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