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First VolBiv (Paragliding Camping) in France. Just one night out. The weather had been so bad that we couldn't manage a flight window of more than one overnight, and even so it was sketchy to fly the next day.
We id 25k, leaving from Planpraz, Chamonix, then XC to Passy, then across from Varan to Les Quatre Tetes. We didn't manage to stay up and soar the Aravis ridge, so we just camped there and flew down to the valley the next day.
It was a good shakedown flight to test out the kit & get used to all the details of flying, landing & hiking with so much weight (26 kilos), improvising a launch above the treeline between rain systems, and dealing with marginal conditions.
Did it as part of the Vol Biv course with Philipe at Alpwind.fr.