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Things are looking up! No one’s been climbing high or easily, but
there are reports of thermals, and cumulus to the north. We’re going
to be in position to fly east tomorrow.

Himalayan guru Brad Sander is currently half way across the Indian Himalayas on the Himalayan Odyssey, an expedition organised by the American. Assembling a team of seven pilots Brad set off along the route on 9 March.(See XCmag’s introduction to it here)
Starting from Dharamshala in northwest India, Brad and his team are making their way [...]

While paragliding in the Himalayas is a fairly common trip for experienced fliers, no team has gone all the way through Nepal. These guys are seasoned fliers and between them they have of experience flying all over the world. But they’ve never tried anything like this before: hiking and flying more than 800 miles from Dharamsala to Sikkim, India.