Kenyan paraglider soars high in Iten
THE STANDARD KENYA Kibet at Kerio View. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard] The hanging valleys of Kerio Escarpment give visitors a gorgeous view of the scenic Elgeyo-Marakwet County. Iten, a small town famed as the country’s most preferred athletics training base, has in recent years earned another distinction. It is the home of paragliding. When paragliders from Europe and America are in the skies from October to March every year, they enjoy the rocky and picturesque Kerio Valley as well as the meandering Kerio River and Kapnarok ox-bow lake. For years, the extreme sport had been a preserve...
Source: standardmedia.co.ke