Field Journal

Field Journal.

Notes from the ridge — safety, technique and altitude.

The Swiss Preflight: Twelve Checks Before Silence

Our checklist is not superstition. It is the difference between a launch and an incident report.

The corridor between the north face and the Gornergrat behaves like nowhere else in the Alps.

The wing does not care that it is your first time. Your job is to make sure your mind does not either.

Two lakes, one canopy, and eight minutes of the most literal quiet the Alps offer.

Every six months, every reserve, every pilot in the room. No exceptions, no shortcuts.

The Engadine plateau is where Swiss cross-country pilots learn to think in valleys instead of ridges.