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Hailey paragliding pilot Nate Scales is one of two U.S. athletes selected to compete in an international competition that involves climbing and soaring above the Alps in southern Europe.

Scales, the Idaho paragliding distance record holder, will join an elite field of 30 pilots to compete in the Red Bull X-Alps challenge that starts July 23 in Krippenstein, Austria.

The only other U.S. competitor selected to compete in the event is Honza Rejmanek. A press release from Red Bull says Rejmanek is from California, but he is also well connected to the Wood River Valley.

Rejmanek, a Czech native, is a part-time area resident who has been a flight instructor for Fly Sun Valley, a Ketchum paragliding business.

Scales and Rejmanek have had a friendly competition going on for the past few years. Both have set Idaho paragliding distance records. Rejmanek held the record at 117 miles until last August when Scales recaptured the title with an epic flight that took him from Bald Mountain to the far side of Dubois in eastern Idaho. His official distance was 126 miles.

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