A thermal like the laser on the Death Star!
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:47 pm
Okay guys. You know I don't usually post about my flight experiences but I'm afraid if I don't this time I won't be able to get any sleep because I'm still smiling too hard.
So, for the season, I set three main paragliding goals: to get my P3, fly Mingus, and start getting in some XC flights. As some of you know, I got my P3 a while ago. Then, this week, I finally flew Mingus, had a great time, and landed somewhere over the river. Awesome!
So, as for XC, I've managed a handful of super fun flights, the first, actually, being the longest straight line at around 18-20 miles.
That is, until today.
After many months if joking about it, I finally made the flight that's been tempting me all season. That's right Stutz, I flew from a newly developed launch in North Tucson, over the Catalinas, out to the Biosphere 2. It was like a great dream that lasted about 2 hours. Truly amazing. Though it surely won't set any records or anything it sure did put a perma-grin on my face.
Oh, and as a P.S., the Biosphere, being like a giant magnifying glass, apparently throws off massive amounts of heat; the kind that equates to a "oops I crapped my pants" type flying experience. Consider yourself forewarned. Ha.
Well, off to bed. Shit, I'm still smiling too hard to sleep.
So, for the season, I set three main paragliding goals: to get my P3, fly Mingus, and start getting in some XC flights. As some of you know, I got my P3 a while ago. Then, this week, I finally flew Mingus, had a great time, and landed somewhere over the river. Awesome!
So, as for XC, I've managed a handful of super fun flights, the first, actually, being the longest straight line at around 18-20 miles.
That is, until today.
After many months if joking about it, I finally made the flight that's been tempting me all season. That's right Stutz, I flew from a newly developed launch in North Tucson, over the Catalinas, out to the Biosphere 2. It was like a great dream that lasted about 2 hours. Truly amazing. Though it surely won't set any records or anything it sure did put a perma-grin on my face.
Oh, and as a P.S., the Biosphere, being like a giant magnifying glass, apparently throws off massive amounts of heat; the kind that equates to a "oops I crapped my pants" type flying experience. Consider yourself forewarned. Ha.
Well, off to bed. Shit, I'm still smiling too hard to sleep.