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image captionSteve Nash had been flying since 1990 and had competed in several extreme adventure races
A paraglider who was murdered while travelling across Mongolia had told his wife he would be safer there than in Manchester , an inquest has heard.
Steve Nash, 53, was stabbed to death in a robbery while crossing the Khangai mountains in 2016.
Warrington Coroner s Court heard his wife raised concerns about the trip before he left but he said Mongolia had the nicest and kindest people .
The coroner recorded his death as an unlawful killing .
Mr Nash, from Helsby in Cheshire, went on the 10-day hiking and paragliding trip with his friend Gareth Aston.
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