Amazing flying again by Maurer to reach Mont Gros - 200k today and only 5 and a half hours in the air....
Pilot: Christian Maurer
Assistant: Thomas Theurillat
Last Update: 28.07.2009 20:28:00 (UTC: 28.07.2009 18:28:00)
Lat / Long [dd mm.mmmm]: N43° 46.025 / E007° 26.415 / Height: 600 m
Average Speed Today / Total: 12 kmh / 8 kmh
Total Distance Today / Total: 199 km / 1373 km (distance travelled)
Climb Meters Flying / Hiking Today: 76% / 24% - 10550m / 3360m
Climb Meters Flying / Hiking Total: 62% / 38% - 56870m / 34870m
Flying / Hiking: 73% / 27% - 997km / 376km
Flying / Hiking / Resting Time Today: 26% / 43% / 31% - 5,30h / 8,78h / 6,40h
Flying / Hiking / Resting Time Total: 19% / 39% / 43% - 42,12h / 86,87h / 96,08h
Avg. Activity Time per Day: 13,75h
Avg. Resting Time per Day: 10,25h
Avg. Resting Time per Night (21:00-8.00): 7,42h
Distance From Start / Finish : 815 km / 3 KM (direct line via waypoints)
Est. Arrival Time: 28.07.2009 21:07:03 (UTC: 28.07.2009 19:07:03)
Balquidder to Strathbraan - Sat 25th July 2009
So I went to balquidder with bob g and trias and tim j.
Very nice looking sky but early inversion(?) at 850 metres and nw upper winds persisting later than we thought site made flying the south facing ridges tricky. After launching about half 12 both sides of the glen were explored by the others.
Cloud base was over 1600m at about half 3 - the best bit was a climb out from glen almond in a strong thermal pointed out by a curious peregrine
Very nice looking sky but early inversion(?) at 850 metres and nw upper winds persisting later than we thought site made flying the south facing ridges tricky. After launching about half 12 both sides of the glen were explored by the others.
trias boating about
anemones
trias above take off
gliding east along loch voil
Staying in a thermal was like chasing a dog that doesn't want to be caught today.... 2 turns in the core thinking "ah ha, got you!" before the next turn thinking "where's it gone?!?"
I landed only 10k down the valley after sticking with the south facing side of the valley but after a sweat up and a relaunch i hit glen ogle just as the upper winds were changing to west and had a nice 2nd flight almost getting to dunkeld (about 50k).
I landed only 10k down the valley after sticking with the south facing side of the valley but after a sweat up and a relaunch i hit glen ogle just as the upper winds were changing to west and had a nice 2nd flight almost getting to dunkeld (about 50k).
view looking back to the west from my landing point above balquidder village
lochearnhead highland games
base near ben chonzie
happy to be at base after nearly two hours of effort
auchnafree farm in glen almond, peregrine showed me the way up on the hillside past the farm
crossing loch freuchie
looking back to glen lochan with glen almond behind
decked by the shadows in strathbraan
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