Paramotor Magazine
October / November 2009, issue 15
Spain’s Ramon Morillas has been chasing altitude records in Pakistan this summer and made two flights above 7,000 m in September. The first was on 8 September when he flew to 7,354 m while flying close to Nanga Parbat. The second was on 19 September when flew at around 7,700 m on Masherbrum.
At 8,126 m Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain on Earth, while Masherbrum at 7,821 m is the 22nd highest mountain in the world.
The first flight was ratified by an official FAI observer who is travelling with Ramon, the second is still to be given the all clear.
Speaking before the team set off to Pakistan in late August, Ramon’s flying partner, Thomas Dorlodot said, “The idea is to go to Nanga Parbat and fly over 8,000 m.”
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