I made a last minute decision of joining two hang glider buddies Travis and Robin to fly Tiger Mt today.
Short report: it was Travis who launched early (@1:30pm) and got to soar. l think he climbed a few hundred ft above launch. Robin, myself and the rest of the paras launched later when the winds turned light east (wrong direction) only had extended sledders. Travis had not flown for more than two months, so it was good that he got the flight of the day.
Detailed boring report:
I left Portland at 8am , arrived Tiger LZ at 11am (185 miles drive), followed Michael 12pm shuttle to launch, then l drove Travis truck down and l hiked back up to fly (40 mins hiked). I arrived launch at 1:45pm when Travis just took off with few paragliders. The conditions was light north 0-3mph with overcast skies but they were able to hooked up some good thermals and climbed above launch. The wind died down quickly to zero and turned more east (wrong direction) when Robin , l and the rest of the paragliders was set to go. I waited till 3pm with no sign of improvement and decided to launch. One para blew his launch and ended up 20 ft below launch on the west side. He was okay. That all for today.
About tomorrow and Thursday: Paraglider Rick Ely will be at Cliffside tomorrow around 1pm and hang pilot Robin wants to fly Saddle (Mattawa,WA) tomorrow or Thursday if anyone is willing to join him. I'm heading home from Tiger Mt tonight so can't go to Saddle tomorrow, but possibly can join Rick Ely at Cliffside tomorrow or on Thursday to either Cliffside or Saddle.
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