OZONE welcomes Antoine Girard to our Team. Antoine is a visionary pilot who has pushed the limit of what is deemed possible in free flying, from setting the altitude world record of 8157m and flying above Broad Peak (8051m), in Pakistan, to an independent 1200km bivouac adventure across New Zealand’s South Island. He has participated in three Red Bull X-Alps races, finishing 3rd in 2013 and 4th in 2015.
In the spring of 2017, Antoine and his friend Julien Dusserre decided to combine their two passions on a mission to an unclimbed face of Langtang Lirung (7227m). In his words:
“I have flown as far as 1200km on several self-sufficient paragliding adventures. These experiences in New Zealand and in the mountains of Pakistan provided me with the confidence that it was possible. Both Julien and I are long-distance pilots in the Alps, and he had to trust me when it came to flying in the Himalaya. We pushed the project to the extreme, leaving Kathmandu on foot with all of our paragliding and mountaineering gear, to summit and then return back to the starting point in the same manner; we were completely self-sufficient and without any outside help. …read more
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