Sunday, 9th May 2010
Posted by Geoff on 09 May 2010 at 07:38 pm | Tagged as: Flying
Geoff writes: in spite of a forecast which hinted the wind might be too strong, we decided to go, with the British Club Challenge, to Corndon. As usual there it was just launching into thermals, not much ridge lift, but a good sky. In the end, almost everyone got away, except me and Judith – we always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, usually walking back up the hill after slope landing. Incredibly frustrating. Finally, we gave up and went home – but some very long distances were done today!
Judith writes: I was assuming it would be blown out, so had that extra pint of cider at the Bash, which in retrospect was a mistake. I wasn’t badly hungover, in fact, apart from the blurry vision, I felt fine. The cycles to get away in were few and far between and the couple of times I launched into thermals I was surrounded by others and some of the airmanship was pretty shocking. A couple of people were taking the comp so seriously they were flying far more aggressively than was necessary and twice I landed because it just wasn’t worth the risk staying in the thermal with them. If the particular pilots were so desperate to get up that they would endanger others, then they’re welcome to it!
It was also pretty rough in the air, and two pilots were dumped from about 5m when they had collapses after launching. Luckily both hit thick heather, but knowing how many rocks there are on Corndon, I have a healthy level of caution…
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