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| Phil heads for the Parcour along the convergence |
Thursday started bright and sunny with the Meteo forecasting very unstable air and the risk of heavy showers and possibly Cu-nims developing later in the day. So we were all flying before 1pm and quickly climbed away from the valley of La Motte du Caire and headed for the higher mountains 25k to the east called the Parcour and then north across the Lac Serre Poncon to Morgon. The thermals were strong and with a convergence developing in the Seyne valley that threatened to over develop into a heavy shower, we headed west and then north to the west of Pic de Bure and along the really gnarly ridge to Grand tete L'Obiou about 50k NW of La Motte Du Caire.
Matt was first to venture along the ridge while Phil and JB stopped to top up with a bit more height before braving the west side of the ridge. But more height was not to be had where we were searching. Egged on by Matt who said it was working well Phil headed north to join him while JB fell down and headed back to Pic de Burre for a climb. By the time he got to the mountain he was way down onto the tree covered slopes of the smaller hills to the SW of Pic De Bure before finding a climb which got him high enough to rejoin Matt and Phil back on the ridge.
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| Phil against the Grand Ferrand 2700m |
Re-united again, Matt and Phil made one last run north to Grand tete L'Obiou so that JB could also experience the epicness of that great gnarly gridge. (First time there for JB and Phil)
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| JB alongside the Grand Ferrand |
Then it was back to Pic De Bure and a romp home and on down to the Authon / Oribeau race track before returning to La Motte to get the gliders away into their trailers before the storm hit. (This of course guaranteed a fine evening with not a drop of rain!! )
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| Flight Traces - JB-blue, Phil-green, Matt-red |
