Condor Racing
There were 5 lined up for the task today in the Austrian mountains, - Chris, David, Stewart, John and Jill with a northwesterly wind, some ridge-running and thermals would be needed.
It was a 3-turnpoint 206kms open polygon, finishing at Innsbrook and with a tricky low start.
Chris set off quickly along the first leg running the ridges with a few jumps needed, and the cumulus were hard to find.
The second leg was almost downwind and a couple of thermals were definitely needed, and fortunately appeared on cue.
Having got some height (11,000ft cloudbase) we were able to set off into wind across the ridges, on the third leg picking up some lift at each crossing.
And then it was an easy run down the valley to Innsbruck to finish. Chris was racing to get back in time for tea! 133kph. - Good fun task. - J&P
