escape from pokhara
April 9th, 2010greetings from Bir Billing…. i am back – close to where we started from… the conditions here r good.. Austrian Paul made a 150 km return flight at the frontrange reaching 4800 mt… some pilots went to the back mountains flying over 5300 mt… there are only a few pilots this spring season …. i [...]
Day 3 ends good
March 11th, 2010Day 3 – The team took off from Billing and after a good day of flying has landed in a village called Sarachi. The distance is approx 60 kms from Billing.
Latitude :31.65048 Longitude :77.17514 Time :11 March 2010 17:24:09
day 3
March 11th, 2010Day 1 : Billing – Dharamsala
“given how slow the roads are in this part of India and how fast the flying is, we decide to fly to Dharamsala, the most western most part of the journey, rather than drive.
It’s an unseasonably stable and slow day but still plenty good enough to go and return.
Half [...]
and they’re off!!!!
March 9th, 2010after a long soak in the hot springs, high in the Himalayas, with an incredible star filled sky….the team flew off this morning. Conditions were not fantastic, infact BAD!!! So lets see. At least if all goes…mmmmmdown(!!!) Billing take off is on the route! Always tomorrow eh.
Himalayan Odyssey Expedition took off – Day 1
March 9th, 2010The Himalayan Odyssey 2010 paragliding expedition took off from Bir-Billing on March 09, 2010. The conditions were not very great but all 7 pilots managed to fly to Dharamsala and back to Billing.
The team is geared with customized UP Paragliding wings, Supair harnesses and state of the art SPOT satellite messengers.
You can track their progress [...]
