Episode 189- Flying the Himalaya with Debu Choudhury

Episode 189- Flying the Himalaya with Debu Choudhury

Debu Choudhury hails from the small village of Manali, India, a gateway to Ladakh and the infamous Karakoram pass. Pilots the world over know the region because of nearby Bir, one of the most reliable big-mountain flying sites in the world. Debu began flying there 29 years ago and chases it just as hard today as he ever has. In the world of paragliding he's done and continues to do it all. Acro, high-level comps, tandems, guiding, instruction, vol biv and flying huge lines in the Himalaya.

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Episode 85- Mark Watts and letting your subconscious do the work

Episode 85- Mark Watts and letting your subconscious do the work

Mark Watts is one of only a very few UK pilots to have won the British Championships, a PWC, the UK X-Contest League, AND held the open distance record (at 275 km, which held until 2017). He has been ...

7 Feb 20191h 22min

Episode 84- Adrian Garza and Chasing thin Air

Episode 84- Adrian Garza and Chasing thin Air

After getting his novice sign-off in Mexico (30 flights) under the instruction of 2019 Red Bull X-Alps pilot and recent podcast guest Marko Hrgetic Hrga, for his very first solo flight (flight 31) Adr...

24 Jan 20191h 3min

Episode 83- Ziad Bassil and Dust of the Universe

Episode 83- Ziad Bassil and Dust of the Universe

Ziad Bassil is someone most pilots who have gear questions already know. His blog the "Dust of the Universe" is probably (definitely?) the most comprehensive independent gear testing site on Earth. He...

10 Jan 20191h 7min

Episode 82- Mark “Forger” Stucky and becoming a Rocket Man

Episode 82- Mark “Forger” Stucky and becoming a Rocket Man

On December 13th, 2018 test pilot Mark "Forger" Stucky piloted SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship into space for the first time after years and years of testing and many set backs. He a...

27 Dec 20181h 45min

Episode 81- Damien Lacaze and Touching the Void

Episode 81- Damien Lacaze and Touching the Void

During their six-week expedition to Pakistan this summer, Damien Lacaze and Antoine Girard traveled more than 1,500 kilometers in just 14 days of flight, making the second highest flight in the histor...

13 Dec 20181h 20min

Episode 80 – The History and Future of Hang Gliding

Episode 80 – The History and Future of Hang Gliding

Hang gliding is arguably the first "extreme sport" in human history and it literally changed the world. Drawing inspiration from Leonardo Davinci, Otto Lillienthal built the first foot-launched hang g...

29 Nov 20181h 43min

Episode 79- Felipe Rezende and breaking the mold

Episode 79- Felipe Rezende and breaking the mold

In this episode we discuss why we are sometimes in the "flow" and confident and everything is just clicking and why at other times we can't seem to get anything right, and how we can maybe improve the...

16 Nov 20181h 28min

Episode 78- Cade Palmer and the Ultimate Pursuit

Episode 78- Cade Palmer and the Ultimate Pursuit

Cade Palmer is a speed test pilot and designer for Ozone Paragliders; is one of the most accomplished aerobatics pilots in the world; flies tandems professionally in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; regularly s...

3 Nov 201855min

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