Judith writes: We woke up late after a late night. Despite lots of wave, the sun was shining and we decided to have a look at the Stol take-off, which is where the comp is supposed to be based mainly. The drive up was spectacular. The photos don’t do the place justice. The rock faces are near vertical, the ridges straight and the tops of the proper mountains are still covered in snow. The wind was over the back at take-off, but in the distance we could see lots of pilots doing long, long top-to-bottoms from a ridge facing us. Brendan and I decided to walk back down to Kobarid, while David drove down. We had anticipated it to be a walk of about one and a half hours.

The walk took us along the spine of the ridge, past lots of great thermal triggers and circling groups of vultures. Once we started the descent, it took a lot longer than anticipated. My crappy knees were making me take it really easy and we took nearly three and a half hours in the end. With the high humidity, we were sweating buckets and there were no streams or springs on the way, so I arrived back pretty hot and dehydrated; and certainly in need of a siesta.

People had been flying all afternoon, getting good heights, so Brendan drove David up to the launch at Kobala, near Tolmin. He had a nice flight, getting part way back to Kobarid and back to the landing near Tolmin. Forecast is looking good for tomorrow and the next few days.

See photos of today.

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