The North Hill
group woke up to straight west wind and several wave bars right over the
club. Enthusiasm was ripe with Tom DG1, Pete 230, Matt 611 and Wyn W7
on the grid line 15 minutes before the winch had even been towed out.
They were quickly joined on the ridge by Stu KMV, Simon SM, the Johns
Ash, Rowan CLM and Eric G29.
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| Wave bars as far as you can see (Pete Startup) |
Pete
was the first to find wave, and it was conveniently right in front of
Benarty. Then Stu found another hot spot over Ballado. Everyone was
alerted and there were calls of "my vario's pegged at 10 up".
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| Stuck on 10kts up (Pete Startup) |
Yesterday's
accomplishment Stu's gold height was met today with Pete getting his
diamond height (after 36 years) and Tom getting his gold height (after
busting airspace here in 2013). Matt was a whisker short of his diamond,
and true to form will have another go.
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| Congratulations to Pete Startup for Diamond Height (Pete Startup) |
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| Congratulations to Tom Sides for Gold Height (Tom Sides) |
After
a quick lunch, everyone launched again and tested the afternoon wave.
Yep, still working for mostly everybody until they were forced to break
down for dinner. (Oh Mark, things have changed there as well. If you want
to keep flying, it's OK. They'll put film over your dinner and leave
the door unlocked so you can heat it up when you come down.)
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| Wyn's second field (Tom Sides) |
Wyn
kept trying to gain the Des Champs Vachables trophy by riding wave up
to 13,500 feet, and still managing to achieve a field landing! In
fairness, it was an outstanding field and a friendly farmer.
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| Epic day (Stu Procter) |
All in all, an EPIC day. - Tom Sides
