Friday, February 19, 2021

 I had a pretty epic flight today.


I hiked up the Porongorups on the Tree in a Rock Trail.


A few days ago I ran the trail and spotted a rock section that would be good for a Southerly. 


I got lucky and today we had a light Southerly and it was pretty thermic too.


There were some clouds, but it was hard to stay in the lift under them, the wind seemed to vary between E and SW and the thermal drift was hard to follow.


I was aiming for the campsite on the North Side of the Stirling range.


I should have aimed for the highest peak I could get to and I am sure there would have been lift, but I was cold and hungry and the air was pretty rough at times.


I took the safer option and stayed within glide to a landable area.


So I landed. Predictable huh.


I was less than 10km from my declared goal.


I had a camera fail, I think I might get some footage from a hiker who was on launch.


Here is the tracklog for viewing...



https://ayvri.com/scene/nxkww64yk8/cklc308cm0001246513xj9grd

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