Incoming Scud..!

You've got to love the precise timing of an early spring hang gliding excursion to the Cascade Mountains..

The instant that we were set-up and ready to go, the incoming scud blocked out the last remnants of the sun.. Sometimes you just have to take your fly-down like a man..

Bailed into the approaching din at one thirty and proceeded to fumble around looking for anything that was still working..

Sans Baker..

I clawed and scratched for all me and mister LiteSpeed could muster.. The east cliff was barely working and I gained a bit here and there..

Nothing to write home about though.. Jimmy and Mike had launched and disappeared from my perspective while I circled to nowhere..

This Is It..

Once I had resigned myself to a nice little egress from the hill, I caught a glimpse of two gliders circling up out over the big hill out in front.. Huh..? No way..!

Full VG and tiny body mode got me there with barely enough altitude to safely snoop about for the thermal.. The goods were light but consistent climbs to around four thousand feet..

See-Ya..!

What a cool flight.. I think it was the best fly-down that I've ever had..

Jimmy and Brian got the last naughty bits for the day.. They got to forty two hundred in  good lift that I managed to miss.. Mikey had a great flight too.. I think Mike is getting turned on for the season; he was flying well..

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