Kenyan paraglider soars high in Iten

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.