Welcome to Tool School - Tim Emmett’s monthly guide for kit you wish you had when pushing your limits! Ueli Steck – the Swiss climbing machine, has been working closely with the design teams at Scarpa and Mountain Hardwear to create his dream selection of kit. The result is a range of clothing, equipment and footwear that ...
This year is the 10th anniversary of the Red Bull Trans Alps Paragliding race. As always it requires a strong mind, exceptional fitness and a lot of skill – this event is like the mountain man’s version of the world famous Ironman. Good flying conditions can make a huge difference to how much time has to be spent on foot. It is a LONG ...
In the final piece of our Yves Rossy series, we conclude with an interview with the legend himself. I ask him about his future Glider School (which was covered in part 1.5). If you missed the first two write-ups in the series you can find them here: http://daily.epictv.com/blog/2013/02/06/the-story-of-yves-rossy-part-one/ ...
Exploring the beaches just outside of Melbourne (Maxime Turgeon). As 2013 hoovers on our doorstep, it’s time to start making your list of dreamy places to visit, and for sure Australia should be somewhere near the top. Though I’m for sure a winter lover, and snow lover, when we packed our bags and left the encroaching Aussie summer a few ...
Espen Fadnes became the 2012 overall champion of the World BASE Race and the ProBASE World Cup. This is the second time he has won the title in two years. I got a chance to ask him a few questions about it and also the up and coming World Wingsuit League in October. What’s it like being the fastest man on the planet ?;-) Fastest? Well ...
The last time I went to the Himalayas I spent 8 days climbing a 2000m wall with the heaviest rucksack I have ever carried. Between myself and my climbing partner Ian Parnell we lost about 15kg during the ascent. The thought of adding to this – a BASE rig, wingsuit, camera gear and several hundred meters of fixed rope and taking it up to ...
Landing on 4810m Mont Blanc is a highly-elusive dream for most paragliders but this past weekend’s hot summer weather and low wind conditions combined to provide an all-time day with over 50 landings. Until recently, soaring to 5000 meters and landing on Mont Blanc was a claim very few pilots could make. XCmag.com reports that ...
Fresh news in from the Trango Air Wall crew. After meeting up in Istanbul, Turkey, the crew arrived in Islamabad last Sunday before hitting the imaginatively named Karakorum Highway. Tim Emmett described the road as “It’s like playing chicken with trucks on a 1-lane road covered in boulders with a vertical rock wall on one side and ...
After four accidents in one week, the Chamonix mayor’s office has banned wingsuit flying from Le Brévent and l’Aiguille du Midi lift stations. Because of the potential for conflict with paragliders, the move was already being considered by the Chamonix mairie. The Brévent lift station is the most popular takeoff in the valley ...
