Sept 9th, 2017 (Sat)
The rain never made it to Dog this afternoon. It started to rain around 5:45pm when I came to Morton. Just Larry and I flew, and thanks to Tina who drove for us. We launched around 3pm in gusty conditions with wind direction out of NW approx 15+mph. We reached 1,000ft above launch. Would've been nice if more pilots had joined us. I've enclosed a few pics and my landing footage to view. Will be heading to Rampart tonight, see you guys tomorrow!
Sept 10th, 2017 (Sun)
Light winds at Rampart (Snoqualmie Pass, WA) today. Only seven hang gliders and l was surprised not to see any paragliders out. Launched after 3PM. Toped out around 800-1000ft above launch. North side was very sinky so nobody make it to the wall. Everyone had a great landing. Few hangs are planning to fly Rampart again tomorrow (Monday). ETA LZ between 11-12:30PM.
Sept 11th, 2017 (Mon)
Rampart was forecast to be better than yesterday, but as it turned out, launch was barely visible due to thick haze and smoke from the forest fires. The wind was coming from south 0-2mph at the LZ. We see a few paragliders getting sledders from the LZ around 1PM, and decided to call it off around 2PM. I got in touch with Travis and Jonas later to fly Tiger Mountain, even with zero wind at launch and LZ, we expected on getting sledders. All of us launched around 5PM and surprisingly, it turned out soarable. A great decision we made in heading to Tiger Mt. with plenty of smooth thermals popping up consistently along the ridge. Congrats to Jonas getting his first flight at Tiger Mt. We all soared and l flew for almost an hour with a maximum alitude gain of about 500- 600ft over launch. There was about 15 paragliders sharing the air with us at the same time. I landed early as I wanted to take the 6:30PM shuttle to fetch my van. I'll post video and more photos later. Overall, a great 3 day road trip!
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