Nick Donini participates for the second time in the Red Bull X-Alps. Two years ago, he had to pull out of the race after a crash landing when he almost flew into the cable of a material ropeway. Until then, he had been doing quite well, displaying his outstanding skills as pilot. The documentary movie “Vulnerability” (really worth watching) showed…

Junming Song is the first ever Chinese to be selected for the Red Bull X-Alps. He is an experienced comp pilot, but has never been flying in the Alps. He doesn’t even speak English. The race will be a fantastic experience and a unique adventure for him and his team.

Richard Binstead will represent Australia in the Red Bull X-Alps 2023. Together with Nick Donini (Italy) and Junming Song (China), he is one of the pilots who will compete on a NOVA XENON. Before the race, we will introduce all three of them.

The Uli Biaho Spire and the Trango Towers are situated in the heart of the Karakoram Mountain range in Pakistan. Due to their shape these granite peaks are truly iconic. Together with his climbing buddies Ale (Alessandro) Baù and Fra (Francesco) Ratti, La Sportiva-athlete Leonardo Gheza went on a climbing expedition to this unique, remote mountain…

Paul Nagl is our Head of the service department. With his girlfriend Julie, he is currently taking a sabbatical and making his dream of a really big trip come true. The two have a paraglider and climbing gear in their luggage with the plan to use both as often as possible. In Part 1 Paul reports about their experiences in Colorado and Utah.

At noon on 15 May 2022, South African Pierre Carter paraglided from South Col (7.950 metres) on Mount Everest and landed near the settlement of Gorak Shep. The 56-year-old adventurer is the first paraglider pilot to take off from Everest with permission from the Nepalese authorities. So far, only three teams have been able to fly from Mount…

In May 2022, Pierre Carter plans to climb and hopefully summit Mount Everest, with high hopes to fly from the top. With his 7Summits7Flights project the South-African intends to climb and fly from the highest summit on every continent. Two are missing, Everest and Mount Vinson in Antarctica. His team is about to leave the town on Namche Bazaar in…

As in the previous year, the NOVA Climb & Fly Team did not miss the opportunity to hold a joint team meeting. Despite the pandemic, it was possible to spend a wonderful weekend at the Volkzeiner mountain hut in East Tyrol in a responsible manner and with a lot of distance from civilisation (in the truest sense of the word). The CFT local legends…