These are revised scores - Dave Bacon got his track fixed.

Report created: 2008-07-26T11:55:57-06:00

Canadian Hang Gliding Championship 2008

2008-07-20 to 2008-07-26

2008-07-24 Day 2

Race to Goal 118,7 km

Provisional

The task was out and return 110k with a turn point across the valley from the flight park landing goal. Things went well for my flight, I was the only one in my class to complete the task BUT the flight didn't count! Some how the track log feature on my gps was turned off!

Day five nat’s. The forecast was for light west winds, strong lift and a high cloud base. I’m a little sceptical with all the rain we’ve had and don’t believe the lift is going to be that great. We decide on a double out and return to Parson. This will help to keep pilots bunched up so you see lot’s of gliders on course. The total distance is 126km. We push the start times back to 3:30 to let the day develop and make sure it’s soarable before making pilots launch. I’m thinking it will get better later so I launch later and plan on taking the last start gate.

Gabcast! GoFlyXC #5

Nat's day four called due to rain.

Timmy packing up after pulling off a challanging landing.

Knee Surgery - When I was about 27 or so I jumped off a fence wearing a 50-pound paragliding bag. Yeah, real smart. My left knee hurt like hell for a month or so but got better, my right knee healed faster. In the last 13 years I've put more miles on my body than long distance trucker, and that knee never really felt great. I just dealt with it. Then last November I was kite skiing and ambitiously hucked a pretty good air that unfortunately greatly exceeded my ability to successfully land it...