Ahhh, the perfect morning sky. Average is usually epic.
Gear is prepped before going down to eat breakfast.
I am flying tandem with Phyllis today. Her husband Lars is in my group so it should be fun to thermal together.
It's a big grip this week so Marge and Farmer rode up top on flaco's rig. Others rode up top on the Cipri rig as well. All seats were full.
"Keep calm and soar on" says my shirt I bought at my youngest daughters' school. Coincidence that the school mascot is an eagle? I think not.
The day was great, but it wasn't easy. Most of my group got up, one landed after a heck of long time being low, and finally landed. The rest of us moved north to La Union where another got low, hung on for a while but then also landed.
The clouds were getting big at times and shading a lot. My two remaining pilots and I hung out near La Union with Brian's group for a long time, getting a low save together and finally all topping out as a group. One more of my group got low and radioed up to us that he might be landing. The rest of us flew out towards La Vitoria. In the middle of the valley we got a climb. Amazingly, Dorian who was about 200" off the deck when we left, caught a climb and reported he was at cloudbase and on his way. Nice!
We were all together again and caught another climb over La Vitoria. I moved south towards Zarsal to the huge clouds over that way. Brian, (also flying tandem with Johno) pushed out front with me and we connected again to base, while Dorian got low again we were all hoping he would somehow connect again but this time he did not. After landing he reported he was safe and asked if it was okay to launch from the small hill he landed on, to fly again and hopefully get back up. I said it was up to him, and he took that as a yes. After landing the 2nd time he radioed up that he was finally finished for the day. Awesome effort.
Hugh staying high and close, right to the end.
At this point Rob Sporrer came on the radio and reported strong wind at La Union out of the west. Nice to know, and we already expected this due to the length of our flight. We opted to land in Zarsal and even that far away from the mountains we landed in 10-15mph winds. Everyone was safe.
We had nice welcoming committee in Zarsal.
Matt "Farmer" Beechinor giving a talk.
The sky turned dark and rumbled with thunder into the night.
Dinner was yummy.
Carrot soup. Mmmmm.
Fruity, cudtard like desert with cookie at the bottom. Mmmm
I fly tandem with Christian tomorrow.
¡Hasta pronto!
Martín
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