I just came back from an absolutely gorgeous part of the Alps, the Dolomites. I went there on Monday to join Lukas and a group of pilots who were there for a flight safari. We stayed in Campitello di Fassa, which is situated at the bottom of the Col Rodella, from which we were to fly. I joined the group on Monday night for dinner. There were, as usually, only three hangglider pilots, André, Dieter, and myself. The others were paraglider pilots, amongst them one more girl, Leonie. They all had arrived on Saturday and knew each other already, so I had to struggle to learn all the names in one evening (which I am not very good at, unfortunately). On Tuesday, the weather was fine. So after having a quick look at the landing field,
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