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The Unholy Alliance of Climate Change and Paragliding in the Alps
An early July heat wave made the elusive Mont Blanc summit attainable for paragliders, and the warmest weather is yet to come.
More than 100 skiers died in the Alps this winter. Was it just a bad year or is this the new norm?
The Alps are some of the most spectacular—and accessible-—high-altitude terrain on earth. But between climate change and a growing number of backcountry users, the avalanche-fatality forecast does not look good.
Wingsuit Flying Is 'Like the Best Sex You've Ever Had Times a Hundred'
Flyers jump off cliffs wearing wingsuits that allow them to fly down mountainsides at more than 100 miles per hour, but not because they have a death wish.
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