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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#244 Grit and Growth: The Mindset of a Successful Pilot w Top Gun Ace Serge Durrant

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#242 Stoic, Solo Adventuring with Juraj Koreň

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#241- Tom De Dorlodot and Resilience

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#240 A lifetime of Skydiving with Jeff Ayliffe

#240 A lifetime of Skydiving with Jeff Ayliffe

Jeff Ayliffe hails from South Africa and has been under some sort of canopy for a great deal of most of his action-packed years, beginning at the age of 5 when he became obsessed with skydiving. Jeff ...

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#239 The thrill of a lifetime of flying with Eddie Colfox

#239 The thrill of a lifetime of flying with Eddie Colfox

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#238 Acro, Test flying, SIV, Instruction, Meteo and Comps with Karlis Jaunpetrovics

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