Bivouac flies
Under bivouac fly (also known under the terms Vol Biv (Frz.) Or Bivy Flying (Engl.)) Refers to the replacement of a greater distance with a paraglider or hang glider over several days. Comfortable overnight stays in hotels or guest houses are deliberately avoided and all necessary utensils are carried with you for an overnight stay while flying.
Overnight stays are usually in higher altitudes (on the Alps ), in mountain huts or bivouac huts , so that you can fly on the next day.
Greg Hamerton shows what such a bivouac flight can look like in his short film "Magic Wales (A Paragliding VOLBIV Adventure Guide)" and in his video series "Alone in the ALPS".
history
Didier Favre, also known as the "vagabond of the air", was one of the founders of bivouac flying. In his book "Le Vagabond Des Airs" he describes his bivouac flight in the summer of 1992 with the hang-glider across the Alps, from Monaco to the Furka Pass , where he had to break off the venture due to a takeoff accident.
Well-known competitions
material
After the first X-Alps in 2003, some paraglider and harness manufacturers took on this target group and presented specially weight-optimized products. Since then, the weight-optimized paraglider and harness division has developed into a real trend, with almost all manufacturers now offering lightweight variants in addition to their regular products, which compromise comfort or longevity in favor of low weight. At the end of 2018, the Polish company Dudek Paragliders presented the "Run & Fly", the first paraglider with a total weight of less than one kilogram.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Didier Favre: Le Vagabond Des Airs. Récit 1993, ISBN 2-7427-0084-6 .
- ↑ Dudek Run & Fly, World's lightest paraglider Cross Country Magazine, November 20, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2019.