Category Archives: Paragliding

Wings of Kilimanjaro – A short film!

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Squash Falconer

I made a short video about the Wings of Kilimanjaro trip.. Here it is! Edited by Tom Grimshaw

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Wings of Kilimanjaro – Final Training

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Squash Falconer

There’s just a week to go until I fly to Africa for Wings of Kilimanjaro! Over the past few months I’ve been preparing for the trip and in recent weeks I’ve been doing my final training. Location is less important … Continue reading →

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Wings of Kilimanjaro – Less than a month to go!

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Squash Falconer

On the 26th January I will be leaving the UK and heading to Tanzania Africa to join over 100 other adventurers to begin a rather remarkable journey. These things come round so fast.  I can’t believe it’s happening this month! … Continue reading →

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So we had a ball!!

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Squash Falconer

On 3rd September I officially sent out the invites to the Wings of Kilimanjaro charity ball.  I had no raffle prizes, no auction prizes, no funds for printing, no dj, no auctioneer, no photographer and no idea how I was … Continue reading →

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The Lord Mayors Show, London 2012

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Squash Falconer

At the beginning of September I got a phone call from Australia, from Adrain McRae, the man behind the Wings of Kilimanjaro project. (A world first project that at the end of Jan next year will see up to 200 … Continue reading →

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Climbing and Paragliding Gran Paradiso, 4061m. The Aosta Valley – Italy

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Squash Falconer

A couple of weeks ago I was in the Aosta Valley in Italy. The plan was to climb Monte Rosa (the highest mountain on the Swiss/Italian boarder and the second-highest in both the Alps and western Europe at 4,634m) and … Continue reading →

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Wings of Kilimanjaro Charity Ball

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Squash Falconer

Please come and support the cause! If you would like tickets please email squash@squashfalconer.com                                     Details about the charities      

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Wings of Kilimanjaro

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Squash Falconer

I’ve wanted to climb Kilimanjaro for ages… & so when I heard about this project – ‘To climb and fly from the roof of the world, raising lots of money for charity too’ it grabbed my attention. Wings of Kilimanjaro, … Continue reading →

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Is it possible to launch and fly a paraglider from the top of the world?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Squash Falconer

Yes! In 1988 an incredible man called Jean Marc Bovin made the first solo paragliding flight from the top of Mount Everest. …After an hour and a half preparation, Frenchman Jean-Marc Boivin launched a paraglider on 26 September from near … Continue reading →

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