In reply to BlownAway:
If it's the same Richard Carter I would be interested to know what his climbing history is. He has had an extrodinary sucessful "career" in paragliding.
First broke the uk xc record in 1989 with a 47km flight.
First 100km uk flight in 1992
First 200km flight in 2011, when he actually smashed the record, landing after 253km
First 300km flight in 2018 nearly 30 years after his first record, on a new line that (as far as I know) no one had really attempted before, from the elan valley in mid wales, right across the country to the north sea near scarborough, flying for 8.5 hrs.