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After 3 days of flying at Dog Mt, it turns out that Sunday (06/23/19) was the best day. I flew from 5:05 to 8:30pm. 7 lucky hangs all left for home with big smiles. Luis Ramos mentioned that he'll be posting an update later.
Report from Luis
It was a magical day at Dog yesterday. Six pilots (Alan, Alfredo Moreno, Rick Lai, Stas, Tim Cayward and I) met at the LZ at 3pm. When we arrived it was blowing up decently from the west, but right before going up it calmed down considerably. At the top it was also calm, so we worried it might not be as good as forecasted. The first one to go was Alan, who jumped the gun at 4pm. He managed to soar for a little bit, but then he had to land since he couldn’t find a consistent lift. At this point we thought we’d all be getting sledders but decided to hang wait since it was still a bit early. Then at 5pm, as Rick was getting ready to launch, Larry, Tina Jorgensen and Dianne arrived, bringing with them the magical air. Rick took off and went up right away, followed by Tim, Alfredo and myself, then Tina, Larry and Stas. Since the wind had gotten stronger Dianne couldn’t fly her PG, while the rest of us had started our trip across the lake. Everyone eventually made it to Elk (it took me 3 attempts as I chickened out during the first two) and almost all of us made it to the Cliffs (kudos to Tim, Alfredo and myself who made it there for the first time). After playing around for a while and sharing the air with a few eagles we went back to Dog and Larry, Tina and Stas decided to land, while Rick, Tim, Alfredo and I tried to make our way to the towers, however we aborted the mission since we found nothing along the way. Instead, we headed towards Panorama and made it across the highway, but also found nothing over there so we all went back to Dog. We then saw a deer at launch and I thought to myself: “can this day get any better than this?”. And it did since the thermals above launch got even stronger at that time (around 8pm). We could’ve stayed flying for another hour or so, but after being in the air for three hours we decided it was time to land. The air above the LZ was so rowdy it almost felt like the carrier deck at Rampart, however we all managed to land safely. After such a great flight (my personal best at Dog) we all went home with a big smile in our faces.
