Friday, 27 January 2012

Day 3 - 103km task
The base today is incredible - the volcano is about 4400m & base is sitting about 600m above!
Its a new start position & a new turnpoint out at B38 today :)
Some of the climbs out from the launch were slow but once established were constant to freezing point ... I had no intention to reach base today it's far too cold up there!
Again, a really nice and smooth flight - perhaps I was believing all the turbulence stories too literally - but my ballast emptying itself inside my harness wasn't in the plan. After finally landing my surprisingly lively glider when underweight in these conditions I was met by the locals to helped me pack, asked a million questions about flying and then wanted to carry my glider to the waiting armed-truck!
The retrieve support here has even more fire-power than in Colombia! ;-)
PURE firepower! ;-)
I guess many people want to hear of the task etc ... but sorry, we are too busy having a lot of laughs at the gol! ;D

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