Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Antoine Girard flew above Broad Peak in Pakistan on 18 July 2021, setting a new world record for high-altitude paragliding when he reached 8,407m AMSL. In this edit of the Cross Country Subscribers' Masterclass he gave in September he explained how he did it. Sorry about the noise on the 3D tracklog – this was down to the streaming and bandwidth on the day :/
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