Chrigel Maurer won the Pro Race of the 2023 Eigertour – his sixth victory in six editions. His brother Michael was second, and Lars Meerstetter third.
This year’s summer event took place from 19-22 July. The Pro race is for very experienced racers only, think Red Bull X-Alps athletes. The route is shown above and involved crossing the Alpine chain, twice. The Challenge race is no walk in the park either, and entrants must have proven multi-day hike-and-fly race experience to take part. the Challenge course also involved crossing the main chain and was more than 150km in distance.
Maxime Pinot (FR) has won the Paragliding World Cup round in Targasonne, France after four tasks were flown. Top woman was American pilot Violeta Jimenez. “Targasonne provided scenic vistas, challenging racing conditions, four successful tasks, and lots of memorable moments.” said the press release from the PWC. The area is where many of the young …
It’s a 18 pages article ,about the climbing and flying details,and some paragliding history especially the flights from Everest,and how Muzi got the permit to take off from South col.Thank Pierre Carter for providing information,Pierre took off from South Col last year,he is the first pilot to get the permit from Nepalese authorities to take …
The annual, multi-sports, full-throttle Red Bull Dolomitenman event took place in Lienz, Austria on Saturday 9 September 2023. This edition was the first in the competition’s 36-year history in which women could participate. The competition draws top-level athletes from the sports of trail running, paragliding, mountain biking and kayaking, who compete in relay teams of …
2023 RedBull XAlps:After a smooth start at noon on the first day and crazy hiking at night, the progress of the second day of the competition on June 12th seemed to have been accelerated again. Nearly half of the contestants, in order to achieve better rankings, passed through Germany at an astonishing speed and headed …
EIGERTOUR 2023: MAURER WINS AGAIN!
Chrigel Maurer won the Pro Race of the 2023 Eigertour – his sixth victory in six editions. His brother Michael was second, and Lars Meerstetter third.
This year’s summer event took place from 19-22 July. The Pro race is for very experienced racers only, think Red Bull X-Alps athletes. The route is shown above and involved crossing the Alpine chain, twice. The Challenge race is no walk in the park either, and entrants must have proven multi-day hike-and-fly race experience to take part. the Challenge course also involved crossing the main chain and was more than 150km in distance.
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