Stories

The wind in our legs

"Two travelers around the world, at the mercy of the wind and the strength of their calves." This simple sentence, as an introduction to their brand new blog, sums up quite well the obviousness of Manon and Valentin's project.Traveling the world on the sole strength of...

My 1st World Cup ... by Jonas LAPLACE

Wednesday, March 15, 2023: departure from Montreal for the 1st stage of the world cup this year, but also my 1st participation at this level of competition! The trip is long: 2 stops in New York and Sao Paulo, before landing in Rio for 7 hours of...

History of Selle-ette ...

When Sandrine contacts us in the fall of 2022, it is to make some repairs on her Kruyer III that she has been using for 2 years now for her "0 carbon" world tour. Looking for support to be able to carry out her project, we decided to contact her...

A steaming national holiday!

Last July 14th, national holiday in France, the aerological conditions were particularly favourable to long distance flying, and our Team pilots Justin PUTHOD and François MONTUORI took advantage of it as it should be... They tell us about their 342 flights...

Mathéo on reconnaissance in Langtang

Nepal, October 2021 With Tom Lafaille we left from October 2nd to 18th in the Langtang region of Nepal. Our objective was to explore the place in view of future expeditions, especially on the...

My last Red Bull X-Alps ...

Gavin Mc CLURG, Team Kortel pilot, tells us about his X-Alps 2021On the morning of May 31st, just two and a half weeks before the Red Bull X-Alps prologue, I had my first serious accident in over 15 years of flying. I was on the second day of a solo bivouac flight...

"Be the Change

After 14 years at the highest level of ski-mountaineering, our ambassador Laetitia ROUX wants to change her approach to outdoor sports to promote the local, natural, human and cultural wealth of this magnificent playground that is the Alps.

530 km fixed goal world record - Rafael Saladini

October 2020 Rafael SALADINI breaks a new world record with a fixed goal, flying 530kms solo. He tells us ...Once again, my team and I are back in the sertão - that's what we call the drylands of Brazil in the South...

French Championship 2020

From 1st to 6th November 2020 the French Championships were to be held in Reunion Island. Unfortunately, the Covid and the global sanitary situation will have been the reason for the official competition. But it was without counting on the relentless motivation of the organizers ......

A Plea for Refuge - The film ...

We are very proud to present the film, A Plea For Refuge, which will premiere at the Banff Mountain Film Festival on November 2nd.Jeff Shapiro and Cody Tuttle, both members of the Kortel Team, have been touring one of the last areas of the film...

Bivouac flight in Norway ...

Norway is not the country you spontaneously think of when you think of bivouac flights ... Julien DUSSERRE tells us about his journey this summer in duo with Antoine GIRARD. Julien flew with the Kolibri, the reference of the bivouac flight. 2020 was to be the year for...

Crossing the Andes Cordillera by Antoine GIRARD

Antoine GIRARD comes back from the Andes Cordillera with a beautiful harvest of firsts ! Antoine is still equipped with his Kolibri harness, the same one that has been with him since the beginning ! 2 X-Alps training flights (2015 - 2017)Round trip (1600 kms) of...