Saturday, 5th of April 2008
Posted by Judith on 06 Apr 2008 at 12:07 pm | Tagged as: Flying
Flying at Ager. We went up the hill early to get a morning flight. The launch was in wispy cloud and I launched to find myself at cloud base straight away. It was a little rough and I had a small frontal so I headed to the lower ridge where 4 newly qualified pilots were soaring. Having been thrown out of two thermals by them flying straight at me, I followed a bird out into the valley only to see it fly off (thanks!) and I went down. Nicky had flown out to the valley to a nice looking cloud which promptly disintegrated.
Geoff picked us up and we drove straight up the hill so that Geoff could rig the HG but conditions were getting stronger and rougher for the PGs and I didn’t fancy it. Geoff launched and thermalled straight up to cloud base – only 1000 feet above launch, though it got higher later.
I flew in the evening when the conditions calmed down a bit.
Click here to see a video of today.
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Going to Ager was a mistake really. Conditions were far better on our local site, both at Torello where there was a hang gliding league competition, and at Puig Sacalm, where winds were light, and base was 2400 metres.