Norwegian Hanggliding

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Rain, lots of it. Here’s Davis praying for better weather in front of the radar image of the storm.

So no task today, tomorrow looks very iffy too.

Sorry for the short updates, it’s so late when we get home and the energy levels are not as high as in the beginning of the competition. Anyway, yesterday we got a task with real turnpoints (oohhh). Unfortunately it was the slowest day so far with lots of high clouds shading and shutting down the [...]

284km task, got stuck low halfway after making a stupid choice, and spent the next half hour getting up again. Got to goal, but it was slow at the end as the day was shutting down. Landed at 19:30, got 55. place. Not very happy about the speed, but it was cool to fly this [...]

Finally we got better conditions with some clouds, and higher inversion. The task was 149 km straight to goal with a exit start around Big Spring. I towed up quite late, but the conditions were good and I was originally planning on taking the second start time. I hung out with the main gaggle at [...]

And it was a repeat of yesterday, only more difficult at the end. We got a 169 km task, straight to goal. Nils Aage and me took the first start gate, flew together most of the day, and ended up on the same field 24 km from goal. Olav Opsanger made it in again, Olav [...]

Sign at the airport

Another blue day today, 10-15 miles southerly winds and what looks to be a repeat of yesterdays conditions.

Just got back, 1:30 here. A long task in slow conditions, 185 km dogleg. Olav Opsanger took the first startgate and got to goal, Nils and me flew fast and well with the main gaggle until after the tp, where I topped out on top of the gaggle, and went on glide, only to find [...]

We got a 145km task to the north, straight line to goal. It was a strong tailwind, but inverted, stable, and blue. Almost nobody started towing until 30 minutes after the start opened.
My camelback started leaking while I was waiting in line for the tow, 2 liters of cold water down my back was quite [...]

The drive to Big Spring was long and uneventful. We spent about 10 hours, and took it slow. Not much to see, but very green landscape due to lots of rain lately. We arrived in Big Spring, had dinner, and did some shopping at Wal Mart before going to bed.
I’m still jetlagged, it’s 5 hours [...]

We arrived on time in Houston, after a lot of waiting in line in Oslo, and running to get the next plane in Paris. Arriving in Houston our baggage was delayed in Paris. We got our car and checked in at the Motel, got some good mexican food, and slept solidly for 12 hours.
It’s warm [...]