 Hannes Arch was buried at a funeral attended by his closest relatives in Trofaiach on 13 September 2016.Hannes made his mark on the paragliding scene inventing the grueling international competition known as the Red Bull X-Alps, taking the world's most elite paragliding pilots across the Alps from Austria to Monaco entirely by air or foot in a race against the clock.The event quickly gained a reputation as one of the world's toughest adventure races.