Posted by CAHGC on Wednesday, February 17, 2010,
Another good flying month, with many fine flights. The flight of the month was awarded to Adam and Eric for their flight from Dasklip to Piekenierskloof Pass and then across the flats to Piketberg.
A description of the flight can be found
here. Well done!
We had some really good flights this month, with several in
the +80 km range and one of 131km. Adam showed tracklogs and pictures from the
December Dasklip trip, including flights from Porterville to Klawer and to Bree
Rivier. Eric described his exciting flight over Pakhuis. Really cool,
ground-breaking stuff. This led to a good discussion about how to go over the
back of mountains efficiently. There was some flying at Wilderness and Sir
Lowry’s too.
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A nice diversity of flights this month from
Cape Town and beyond. Eric relayed his stories from Bulwer where he got a
couple of flights. Adam had a 71km flight from Dasklip to just short of
Clanwilliam. But Flight of the Month went to Greg Gibson for his return to the
air at the Map in Wilderness. Greg has been patient and has persevered in
getting back in the air and it is great to see this commitment. Well
done!
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Flight of the Month went to Adam for a flight to just short of Constriction during Gatskop. The story:
Google earth tracklog colored by climb rate
A bunch of us hangies joined in on the paragliding community's friendly pre-season comp, Gatskop, at Porterville. After a poor flight on Saturday, I had a nice flight on Sunday. I had a good launch, but for some reason, after 300 flights in my harness, I grabbed my drogue chute pocket (where I keep my energy bar) by mistake instead of my ... Continue reading ...
Flight of the month for October went to Adam for his ridge run from Signals to Scarborough. The story:
32 kms from Signals to Scarborough. A really fun flight and a new personal best for me at this site. The flight itself was easy, just a point and shoot ridge-run. The only tricky bit came navigating some cloud in Hout Bay and thus having to go deep downwind along the steep cliffs of Chapman's Peak over the ocean before finding lift. The glide from Chapman's to Scarborough was a buttery smoot... Continue reading ...
