Battling sub-zero degree temperatures on the ground near Trømso, Norway, the Spanish acrobatic paraglider pilot Horacio Llorens donned a wetsuit and battery-heated gloves, powered up his paramotor, and flatland-launched himself into an amazing night ...
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Paul Guschlbauer and Martin Muller made an audacious move this morning. They climbed to Refugio Sella on the south side of Neues Weisstor putting them in a perfect position to take the Matterhorn turnpoint.
Race leader Christian Maurer is flying through the course as he crosses the border into France by 11 am and soars his way down the Chamonix Valley to round Mt Blanc, the seventh of the Red Bull X-Alps turn points.
Day 8. Race leader Christian Maurer bagged his sixth turn point: the notorious Matterhorn. With strong winds blowing from the north-west, Maurer took off from a sheltered spot and flew out of the valley.
Day 7 of the Red Bull X-Alps dawned with the news that race leader Christian Maurer had been served with a 24-hour time penalty.
Switzerland's Christian Maurer has extended his lead in the Red Bull X-Alps race to more than 100km over the Romanian Toma Coconea. Maurer passed the Piz Palü turnpoint in southern Italy today, clocking more than 200km in flight by midday.
The good weather brought a surge of flight over the limestone cliffs to Switzerland.Michael Gebert(GER) has stunned spectators on live tracking by getting into 3rd position overall,after such a dismal start which saw him at the bottom of the pack.
Day four of the world's toughest adventure race saw a big shake-up in the rankings. Christian Maurer broke from the pack yesterday. This morning, he awoke in a high mountain hut, took the turn point, and continued on his way.
