Archive for the ‘Travels’ Category
Posted by stuart, March 13th, 2011
Verbier Summits Into Namibia from Michael Belbas on Vimeo. Check out our new video from our recent trip across Namibia: Read the full story here: http://www.verbier-summits.com/blog/2010/12/07/return-to-namibia/
Posted by stuart, December 7th, 2010
After three years of longing to return to the Namib desert, I finally did last month. We said goodbye to ‘Discovery’, our boat during our flying trip in Mozambique, and bribed our way through a series of African airports with our 60kg of excess paragliding luggage and finally touched down in Windhoek…it felt good to be back. ...
Posted by stuart, November 14th, 2010
Last month we joined up again with the Best Odyssey who are now coming up to their final year of the five year expedition around the world. Gavin and Jody set sail four years ago with the objective of finding the most remote places to kite surf and paraglide. Mike and I have joined up with ...
Posted by stuart, April 2nd, 2010
Mike reports back from the Maldives. Has anyone ever flown over these spectacular atolls before? I don’t know but I’m pretty sure that this is a first! Mike has gone out to join the sailing vessel ‘Discovery’ for an incredible 5 week voyage through the most remote part of the Maldives. He was able to send me ...
Posted by stuart, February 18th, 2010
I have just returned from the Andaman Islands where I was asked to skipper ‘Discovery’, the yacht that we sailed around Tonga on last year. The Andaman Islands belong to India and are located on the Eastern part of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. These islands are without a doubt the least ...
Posted by stuart, October 11th, 2009
If the winch sank to the bottom of the ocean right now it would have all been worth it for this one flight, said Gavin with a playful and mischievous grin. It was quite a statement considering what he had gone through over the previous year to get the winch sent across the world. It ...
Posted by stuart, October 29th, 2008
Walking on air in Namibia. (Article as appeared in paramotor magazine) As I brewed my pot of coffee on an open fire, I watched the sun rise over the Kalahari Desert and it occurred to me that I live for moments like this. This was my first real African experience and people always told me ...
Posted by stuart, October 22nd, 2008
We flew over the mythical site of Meteora in Northern Greece. A strange place where monks reach the precarious monasteries by being hoisted up in a net…we chose to get up there on a paraglider. I have always wanted to visit the legendary and mythical site of Meteora. So when I decided to go, of ...
Posted by stuart, May 20th, 2008
CAMELS, GLIDERS AND AUTOMOBILES! This was definately not the highlight of my paragliding career. We needed a guide to take us to a place hidden away enough to fly without being seen and therefore running the risk of being locked up as spies! This incredible journey consisted of a ride in a frightening jeep which ...