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The philosophy

With its /advancedadventures campaign ADVANCE supports and publicises exceptional worldwide paraglider projects, to promote the sport and show it in all its variety. This is not primarily about performance, but concerns itself with human experience and personal adventure – the appeal of having ventured something new.

Tag pictures and videos of your experiences on Instagram and Youtube with #advancedadventures and appear in the Social Media Feed on our website. If you have mastered a big project, and have produced high quality pictures or videos, let us know!

The Mountain of God

There are places in this world that touch us so deeply that we make a promise to ourselves to one day return. Tom de Dorlodot made such a promise over…

Project XPEAKS

“Hi Chrigel; got any plans for next summer?” A mountain guide talks to someone he knows well. The next summer is 2023. Of course Peter von Känel has a…

Autonomous Exit

Paragliding in places that are otherwise not easily accessible: Max takes this fascination to a new level with this project.

6050 m above sea level

In 2017 Thomas Schilter's father Franz Schilter and team made the first paraglider flight from the 6050 m high Yayamari in the Peruvian Andes. Thomas'…

How lucky can you get?

Erika and Bertram dream of bivouac flying in India, but time is short, cloudbase is low and the paraglider is tangled. Not a good situation, but a…

La Fioritura

Each year the fields around Castelluccio become a sea of flowers. Last spring, Adi Geisegger and three friends went there to experience this…

The end of the tunnel

Adi Geisegger, Michi Maurer and Patrick von Känel share the same passion: exploring the unknown and achieving the seemingly impossible. Their shared…

Silence of the desert

Paraglider pilot and photographer Adi Geisegger has been fascinated by the land of the pharaohs since he was eight years old. The appeal of this…

Adventurous Mind

Where does the comfort zone end and the adventure begin for someone who has already achieved legendary status in his lifetime? Chrigel Maurer gives us…