Nothing will affect our guys and gal quite as much as what the heavens have in the post for them. Weather Tom offers us his glorious insight as to what our pilots can expect during the race.
Eight pilots are racing paramotors from Glacier National Park to Las Vegas, USA. Here's the latest news on their progress in the third edition of the Icarus Trophy: the mother of all aerial gauntlets.
Isn't it just south, though? Well....yes. But that's a bit like saying Yuri Gagarin just went 200 miles up. Some journeys represent a little more than that. Here we look at the contours and the colours of the 2017 course. You lucky, lucky pilots.