CFI Terry Stubbs joins Everest Team

Adventure Extreme CFI Terry Stubbs is to join the GKN Mission Everest team who are attempting to fly Paramotors over Everest this season. Team leader Bear Grylls asked Terry, who has previously flown in the Everest region many times, to provide additional on the spot training in handling the unique Himalayan conditions. Terry will also be assisting the team with his local knowledge and weather expertise. More soon..

Provence 16 March - Cloudbase 2800m

XC conditions continue to amaze here in Provence - Early season has brought excellent flying conditions with high cloudbase and strongish thermals. Temperatures at high altitudes are still somewhat nippy and that has so far been the limiting factor. Expect more....

Mission Everest - Dateline Chamonix

Mission Everest team filming with Discovery Channel in Mieussy - Left Neil Laughton - Centre Bear Grylls - In helmet Terry Stubbs - and right Gilo Cardozo

Adventure Extreme have been in Chamonix and Mieussy this last week training the team members of GKN Mission Everest to handle rough air flying conditions. Bear Grylls and the team asked us to help with preparations to their forthcoming attempt to paramotor over Mt Everest this May. The whole thing was filmed for Discovery Channel as they are making a 2 hour documentary of the adventure. Bear has asked Adventure Extreme's CFI Terry Stubbs, to join the Everest team in Nepal as a full team member in their attempt... Expect more.

14 March 2007 - 3300m - Provence

Wednesday 14 March brought the best flying day of the season so far. Take off on Chabre was at 1300 and a rapid climb to 2700m took me to the top of a blue thermal. A rapid flight to Col St John followed and another superb climb this time to 3300m. Cold was beginning to eat into me at that height so about face and back to Laragne. Overflew Laragne still at 3000m so continued to Vaumeilh where I landed at the airfield. Bring it on!