Posts Tagged ‘UP Paragliders’

[Time travel back to when we were stuck in Pokhara waiting for good weather.  This was written then (day 32) but has apparently been lost in computer limbo till now.]

Time for a bit of reflection brings me to the subject of gear.
Last year I lined up all my important gear at the last minute and [...]

At least here in London it is!!!!
Oh boy, what a mission..nevertheless first and foremost cheers Manoj at headqurters for the news of yesterdays HO progress, i was busy in the skies myself! I did recieve some sms from Eric, though….through airwaves and sim cards etc..blah ..blah… Not sure what was possible!
Anyhow, here with the live [...]

We have had some great times up the Nepali mountains – mainly camping between 3000 & 3500 mt – to be able to find firewood and snow at the same time… melting lots of snow to stock up the drinking-water and cook soup with Dilip’s powder and soaked sojaballs – sometimes even we made [...]

What a way of Travel..
We had a great time till now… conditions where not always easy… sometimes we hit big turbulence and nasty situations… but the UP Trango X-light is behaving very well…does exactly what u want, easy to handle and recovers easy from any situation…even I am flying the S size about 13 kg [...]

yyyesss !!! we can. be back on the civilization where networks are everywhere in the air. for a short time, just enough to jump a river, get a stamp and dive again in this bivi flight routine that i appreciate so much. day after day, we made our way through the giants, sometimes [...]

just ready to leave for the rdv with the team in Pithoragarh, night train and a lift from the newspaper delivery man there-after. Managed to speak to Antoine this morning who was super happy! They had camped out at 3000 mtrs plus where they were melting ice for water and cooking. It was totally silent [...]

Just off the phone to Brad, all the team have landed after a big day in the BIG SKY!!! Brad sounds great and full of chat….”you know Lynn, it’s awesome , everyday we land in these places where people are so hospitable, they welcome us warmly, they feed us, and wait for it…we even got [...]