ICARO Energy Cross Convertible Paragliding Harness - New Video

January through April weather brings fantastic opportunities to hike and paraglide our local Elk Mountain, near Vancouver (Chilliwack), BC, Canada.

Some high pressure weather, south wind and a pair of snow shoes or crampons will get you into the high alpine where soaring the entire ridge line with your paraglider, combined with thermals along the rock bluff-to-snow interfaces, leads to fantastic climbs and epic paragliding conditions.

The ICARO Energy Cross Convertible Convertible Paragliding Harness has been meticulously optimized for this type of adventure.

Here is a great new video with Steffen Wink, hiking and flying his favorite site with the ICARO Energy Cross Convertible Paragliding Harness.

The video shows the features including the adjustment of the one-of-a-kind suspension system, functional details to stow hiking accessories, quick and elegant transformation to the paragliding harness and in-flight comfort and protection.

He flies with the ICARO Oxygen Paraglider which is a light weight mountain glider, so the entire assembly of paraglider (3.9 kg), harness (4.5 kg), reserve (2.2 kg) weighs a mere 10.6 kg at his size, and is compact and comfortable to hike with.  

This system has been carefully designed not to be an under-built feather weight. This paragliding backpack/harness system has been simultaneously optimized to be: light weight; compact in size; rugged in construction for longevity; an ideal backpack to hike with; easy to convert; offer high passive safety; feature an ideally mounted below the seat reserve; provide excellent comfort in flight; and great handling performance. Thus, the Energy Cross is also ideal for day-to-day paragliding.

If you are interested in the Energy Cross or joining us on our next hike and paragliding adventure at Elk Mountain, please drop a comment below.

Hope to see you in the mountains soon!