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Subscribe to RSSWhile this was an interesting event, the images are a little disappointing, perhaps because of its difficult-to-reach location. All of the images I saw were either from too long a distance to see the individual instruments, or too close which makes you lose the loftiness of the event.
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Left: Members of carnival brass band "Bellalp Hexe" play music instruments while paragliding, during a world record attempt in Fiesch, southwestern Switzerland, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006. The aim was to get as many musicians as possible in the air simultanously, piloted by experienced tandem paragliding pilots. Right: A member of carnival brass band "Bellalp Hexe" plays the trombone while paragliding.