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4th March 2007
Today started off so well. Launched off the uncrowded east launch while the hordes pushed and shoved in line on the west launch, straight to base. We had about 45 minutes before the start op...
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3rd March 2007
Obviously Bill, Nicole and I need some incentive to stay in the air and go to goal. Today we had one of those "wow" moments and came up with a bold new plan--anyone who doesn't make goal has...
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2nd March 2007
Flying in the WorldsShort report: A good task was had today, plenty of people in goal, and plenty just short.My view: We've had two tasks, and I've suffered from the same attention deficit i...
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28th February 2007
The thunderstorms started boiling about 7:00 a.m., and the first light rain just drove us under the awning at 9:15. The forecast is for improved weather starting tomorrow, we'll see. It's pr...
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27th February 2007
Despite the sprinkles in the morning and the general air of, "No way in hell we're going flying," all of a sudden we're up on top of the hill as the air clears out. I hiked up today, needed ...
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26th February 2007
The Paragliding World Championships are underway, but we've yet to fly a task. People are starting to joke about the "Curse of Pinzgau," a town in Austria that hosted the Worlds a few years ...
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25th February 2007
After an insane week of flying, the best I've had in many years, the weather turned just in time for the first day of the World Championships. The development was big as we rigged up on laun...
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22nd February 2007
We're heading up the hill in a minute for the first practice day of the worlds, but a few wrap-up thoughts:Our driver, Daniel, did a great job chasing us down and getting us back without hi...
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21st February 2007
Yesterday was the last day of the comp. After flying seven of the last eight days I was pretty pounded--I've flown over 35 hours and more than 900K for the week. But I got all fired up on la...
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20th February 2007
Yesterday turned out way better than the morning clouds made it look--200K better. Super fun flight with a very technical section between about 100 and 140K that dropped most of the lead gag...
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