A team that lives and flies Chabre

"Flying Karlis." Nine-time Latvian national champion and a former test pilot. He safety-directs every task, and has written the books and filmed the guides on flying this valley.

Came to the club from the business world and has flown Chabre for six years. He keeps the organisation running to the standard a sanctioned competition demands.

Grew up flying Chabre, with a decade organising and running paragliding school trips and events. She handles logistics and legal, and leads the retrieve team.

A decade organising events for the local mairie. She runs permits, logistics and live tracking, and knows exactly how this valley works on the ground.

Runs Camping de Montéglin, the club's headquarters. He took the site on seven years ago and turned it into a hub for free flying, hosting three paragliding and two hang-gliding events this year alone.

Runs the meet. A psychology researcher whose field work is in paragliding, and a competition pilot of many years. She was chosen for exactly that mix: she understands the flying and the pilots doing it.

Has read this valley's weather for half a century. He started forecasting at ten years old and never stopped, and has flown these ridges himself for close to thirty years.

Drivers who grew up in this valley or have lived here for decades. They know every road, so wherever a task takes you, someone is already on the way.