#261 Soaring for smiles with Bonnie Hobson

December 4, 2025 en

Bonnie Hobson grew up in the midwest in the midst of endless cornfields, watching her neighbor fly his little bush plane. But soaring wasn't on her radar. Then in 2009 after a break-up and feeling like her life needed a shift she bought a one-way...

#260 On top of the World with Fabian Buhl

November 19, 2025 en

German alpinist Fabian Buhl comes from a background of climbing and mountaineering and is credited with ascending some of the hardest routes on Earth. A few years ago while climbing in the Karakoram of Pakistan Fabian saw the potential of using a...

#259 Pete Thompson cracks the 300 FAI in Colorado’s Deepness

November 8, 2025 en

Pete Thompson had a hell of a summer in Colorado. After years of planning and trying to fly big, epic FAI triangles across the highest terrain in the lower 48 he finally beat a record set only last year by Galen Kirkpatrick when he put down a 275 km...

#258- Ariel Zlatkovski and Project 100: the Ultimate XC Challenge

October 24, 2025 en

This past XContest season (2025) Ariel Zlatkovski decided to take on a fantastically bold and totally mind-bending mission: Fly 100, 100km flights in a single season. To pull it off he'd have to spend a full 10% of his hours on Earth flying (nearly...