Eiger North Face - Cross Country Paragliding from First - Grindelwald, Switzerland Bernese Alps
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2022
- This was one of my favourite flights of the year, which again is from an accessible launch site of First, above the Grindelwald Valley.
This cross-country paragliding flight starts in Bernese region of the Swiss alps from a mountain launch called First which has a cable car to take you right to the top. You can get here from the town of Interlaken easily via the train in approximately 20 minutes.
Take off from First is at 2200m where you can fly lots of routes from, if you are beginning your cross country adventures you can take one or two thermals directly over to Interlaken for a great 15k flight. Alternatively fly the horse shoe style flight we take in this adventure, or go bigger.
This flight starts out from First 2200m, where we get a climb to 3,000m / 9,800ft and glide over to the Chrinnerhorn, and again climb up to 3,500m / 11,500ft flying high over the Upper Grindelwald Glacier before gliding along the north face of the Eiger towards Lauterbrunnen. From here we fly back to Interlaken which was the planned goal of the flight but decide to extend the flight as the day and weather is still working working in our favour.
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I’m Using:
Flow Fusion Light
Supair Strike
Garmin InReach Mini
Insta360 One X2
GoPro 7 Black
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Happy Flying - Sport
Which do you prefer, GoPro head cam footage or Timelapse footage?
Time lapse + the commentary is most useful for my own learning. I hope to copy this flight some day! Epic, cheers
@@The.FlyGuy Thanks, that’s my personal favourite too.
Great flight. Awesome day.
Wish I would have been w u guys. Tks for sharing the moments. Paragliding is the coolest sport.
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Yeah it was a really nice day and great flight. Thanks
Best paragliding POV I have ever seen. Beautifull fligths. Cant wait to go base jumping and paragliding to the valley next month. Cheers! 😊
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, it will be good time out there in September
@@OllieEllis Also, may I ask about the time and conditions in this flight? Afternoon and low wind? Perhaps even zero wind?
@@VilleValpuri I can’t remember the exact conditions but it was very light winds, and it was September.
Epic video ! Can’t wait to fly here next season !
Go get it… great place to fly
This sport is unreal
Yeah it give you real good freedom. Try a tandem 💪
Amazing flight!! I would love to do the same route in the future!
Go for it..! What’s stopping you. 👊
How interesting you are flying)))) Fly to us in Siberia, we will meet you here in the mountains))))
Thanks glad you enjoyed it. I can try to fly there but it maybe a change 😀
Yes, it's better to fly in the summer, so as not to freeze in the air))) fly for a long time)))
Thanks for your videos! ;)
Nicely done video! Thanks.
Glad you like it :)
Fantastic stuff, great music choice, solid narration. A little abbreviated but kids these days and their short attention spans...
Thanks, appreciate you watching, I’ll probably do more videos in this style again this year.
Brilliantly shown 👌
What are the little stubby toggles on each riser for ?
They are C steering toggles 😀
Good video mate.
Thanks 🙏
Great video! Really beautiful scenery. I like the style of keeping the angle locked on the terrain features
Great video Ollie, been to those places but never managed a flight like that, maybe next year, planning to come over from Australia
Well done , enjoyed watching
Nice one thanks. Yeah give them a try next time you’re over this way.
Beautiful little flight!
I fly the very same set up :)
Glad you liked it, hoping for more soon now the weather is improving.
Yeah I liked the setup, but have changed to the Strike 2 for this season. :)
@@OllieEllis are you based in Switzerland as well?
We've had some incredible flying days the last week's!
Multiple 100k plus flights :)
Awesome! I'm still on the strike1.
How's the strike 2 in comparison?
@@jonathansummerfield8390 unfortunately I’m in the Uk so missed out on those days, but a friend told me it was good.
I think the Supair description explains the changes really well and I would agree with it. Compared to the original, the back support is higher up in the harness which makes it comfier. It’s more unstable and you can feel what the wing is doing much more. I think I’m the cockpit is at a better angle, and my legs used to hang a little high in the old one, this is now fixed and I hang nicely.
Cons - the internal pocket in the backpack has been made smaller and now doesn’t fit a water bladder! Also the reserve handle is very small, it’s not a problem, but would be nice if it was a little chunkier but the just preference I guess.
If I was given the choice again, I would definitely upgrade.
Very nice video!
Thanks 🙏
Brilliant video! I love all of your Swiss alps content. Keep it up! The routes you take are very beautiful and relatively easy to follow.
One thing to keep in the back of your mind for the future when flying in Swiss airspace: Unless you are less than 300m above Ground, you are supposed to stay away from clouds. 300m vertically and 1.5km horizontally to be precise. Just so you know. Because you can get in trouble because of it.
Thanks man, I’ll take note. Glad you enjoy the videos I’ll hopefully have a few more ready soon. 🤘
Amazing !
Glad you like it, I’ve got more coming soon. :)
@@OllieEllis im tuned in !
Buen trabajo bonito video bravo 👏👍🙌
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That is the stupidest way to start off a video I have ever seen. Discontinued watching.
I see your videos are really good too 👀
What a bizarre comment. I loved the video