"Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains"
Jean Jacques Rosseau - The Social Contract, 1762

Michel Carnet launching in beautiful evening light Michel Carnet about to launch – HP and Dudek, our sponsors Flying over La Laguna Encantada Preparing to launch at dawn in the Gran Sabana. Zero wind!
Ben Clowes en route to a waterfall Following the tracks home Michel Carnet from the air - all laid out Homeward bound
Ben Clowes filming from behind Ben Clowes with La Laguna Encantada behind Flying low over the flat Sabana Ben Clowes flying over the Chiri Cayen Tepui
The Chief of Chiri Cayen looking at Michel’s machine Flying alongside the only road Gold panning in the Yunek River deep in La Gran Sabana (Ben Clowes Collection) Unloading the Cessna in Yunek. Akopan Tepui in the background. (Ben Clowes Collection)