Antoine Girard's adventure begins!

On June 14th, the big adventure of Antoine Girard will start. Antoine wants to climb 4 peaks each over 8000 meters - one after the other and paraglide down. He will begin with Broad Peak (8,047m), then K2 (8,611m), G2 (8,035m) and finally G1 (8,068m).

All the peaks will be climbed without Sherpas and without oxygen. Antoine will fly an Airwave HIMALAYA glider - specialy designed for professional mountain expeditions. It has a total weight less than 2 kg including risers but has a size of over 20 m2 with a very efficient brake deflection for easy take off also in difficult high altitude conditions. The trim speed is around 40 km/h with a glide of over 7:1.

More info (en francais) here: Antoine Girard