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19. März 20231 Min.

TEASER / Prize Draw

Long time no news. But it has a reason. I was working on the movie. And since I do have a job besides this project it took me a while to...

Andy B

19. Juni 20222 Min.

Route Summary

Dear all, It's been one week since our amazing journey ended. But another one continues: life. It had been 2 crazy weeks. The weather...

Andy B

12. Juni 20222 Min.

Day 16

What a last day? The perfect ending for a perfect trip? We decided to stay in Passy to have a last possibility to fly back to Switzerland....

Andy B

12. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 15

Another interesting day. Friday we stayed in a hotel in St Gervais les Bains with some good food to refuel our low energy levels. In...

Andy B

10. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 14

Another crazy day. The last few days we hiked all the way from Albertville to the Col des Aravis where we spent a beautiful night with...

Andy B

9. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 13

Incredible how fast time flies when you do things you love with people you love! Yesterday we spent a splendid evening in the Refuge du...

Andy B

9. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 12

Another bad weather day. Rain with low clouds and to much wind. The decision was not easy made. But since we wanted to do a volbiv ...

Andy B

7. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 11

Another unexpected day. The weather forecast didn't look good so we went to a good restaurant yesterday evening and had some delicious...

Andy B

7. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 10

Finally we could fly again. What a feeling to share the skies with the eagles. First we hiked only 5km to the takeoff - Laffrey. A...

Andy B

5. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 9

Devastated from yesterday's hike we had to do a "slow" day today. So we hiked another 13km to a beautiful camping place next to a lake...

Andy B

4. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 8

What a strenuous day... We hoped to fly from the Sanctuaire de Notre Dame de la Salette. Once we woke up the wind felt good. But before...

Andy B

3. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 7

Today was as expected a rainy day. So we decided to climb up to a very interesting place: Sanctuaire de notre dame de la salette. It's a...

Andy B

2. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 6

Another awesome day. After yesterday's landing we hiked up to the tete de clappe. Close to Gap. Today we hiked the last 300m of altitude...

Andy B

1. Juni 20221 Min.

Day 5

What a day. Finally the weather gods were on our side. From Larange we flew almost 50km towards Gap. Still a lot of wind but both of us...

Andy B

31. Mai 20221 Min.

Day 4

The weather is playing hard on us. Today was no flying weather here in the Alpes maritimes. We were a bit dazzled how to continue. The...

Andy B

30. Mai 20221 Min.

Day 3

Slow progress. The weather still isn't in our favor, making progress slow. Knowing that today's flying will be difficult we decided to...

Andy B

30. Mai 20221 Min.

Day 2

What a difficult day... we hiked all the way from the cabane du Cheval Blanc to the Cheval Blanc- hoping a takeoff would be possible. ...

Andy B

28. Mai 20221 Min.

Day 1

Today was the start of one of the biggest adventures of our lives! Alex, Luis and I drove all the way to Saint Andre les Alpes. It was a...

Andy B

27. Mai 20222 Min.

T-1 We have a start!

We have a start. Read on where we start tomorrow and why it's still important to support us!

Alexander Hille

21. Mai 20221 Min.

Swiss Cup Premiere

My first participation in a competition. After initial uncertainty, pure enthusiasm! In fantastic scenery we were able to spend 2 really...