The Red Bull X-Alps race, starting on 2 July, is a unique adventure race that takes place every other year in the European Alps. Racers may only run, hike or fly their paragliders to navigate the course’s series of turning points that take them from Salzburg in Austria to Monaco on the Mediterranean coast. The 2017 course is a straight-line distance of 1138km and takes the competitors through Austria, Slovenia, Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland before they reach the finish in Monaco. The competition is renowned for being the world’s toughest adventure race and only half the starters are expected to finish.

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