Condor Racing
An exercise in speed and energy management with a 71kms racing task in the Swiss Alps with Dan, Stewart, Chris, David, John, Jill and Pete.
The start was low 3,300ft.....
....but then immediately the mountainside was just like an elevator with the strong northwesterly wind. There was a decision to be made on the first leg, where to make the jump into wind to clear a col at 11,500ft before continuing to the first turnpoint at Jungfraujoch. The second leg was the start of a downwind slalom course with the glacier descending faster than an LS4a at Vne.
With most of us having 3 attempts at the task, we were able to improve our times by slight route and energy changes. As usual boy racer Dan Hender posted the fastest time, having stepped out of the LS4 to take the ASW20 on his 2nd circuit and found that careful use of ground effect down the glacier gave him some excess energy for the final glide (I don't think he added skis!).
Dan's time was 24mins 6secs and is currently the fastest time on the Condor Club for this task.
A great fun task which can be tried many times to improve the speed. - J&P
