Everyone in goal!
Along with everyone else... haha
After missing goal for the first 3 days, it was finally nice to get there. I am still not happy as I was really slow. I got stuck in a blue hole for about 20 minutes. This was after having a bad start and working hard to catch the lead gaggle. Going low was faster for the first half of the course. The second half was better up high. But when you are already low, it is hard to get high with no lift.
About 50 kms from goal, I was worried about landing. I was down to 1000 ft over the ground and was desperate for lift. I went into patient mode and took any kind of lift that came my way. It was a long hard slog to get out of the hole I was in, but soon enough I was at cloud base and nearly on final.
One more 1000 ft climb and I had the numbers to make it in. I must say that Ross is flying really well. In Florida he was gaggle adverse, but seems to have settled in quite well here. At one point, I said to everyone on the team that the start gaggle looked like a swarm of wasps. It is funny that the staggered starts and starts circles are supposed to make things safer. When there are 50 guys in the same thermal, it feels a little freaky.
I took a lot of video today, but it was all crappy. So shaky. I will try again tomorrow and see if I can post something. Here is a picture of my focus mask that I got at WalMart for $5!
After missing goal for the first 3 days, it was finally nice to get there. I am still not happy as I was really slow. I got stuck in a blue hole for about 20 minutes. This was after having a bad start and working hard to catch the lead gaggle. Going low was faster for the first half of the course. The second half was better up high. But when you are already low, it is hard to get high with no lift.
About 50 kms from goal, I was worried about landing. I was down to 1000 ft over the ground and was desperate for lift. I went into patient mode and took any kind of lift that came my way. It was a long hard slog to get out of the hole I was in, but soon enough I was at cloud base and nearly on final.
One more 1000 ft climb and I had the numbers to make it in. I must say that Ross is flying really well. In Florida he was gaggle adverse, but seems to have settled in quite well here. At one point, I said to everyone on the team that the start gaggle looked like a swarm of wasps. It is funny that the staggered starts and starts circles are supposed to make things safer. When there are 50 guys in the same thermal, it feels a little freaky.
I took a lot of video today, but it was all crappy. So shaky. I will try again tomorrow and see if I can post something. Here is a picture of my focus mask that I got at WalMart for $5!
posted by benyl at 8/12/2007 11:27:00 PM
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