Measuring the wind

Strong, but straight up the face.

The HG Worlds 2011 at Monte Cucco – Results

July 29th 2011
Today, we went up to the North launch of Monte Cucco. Conditions looked problematic. Cloudbase was low, and although the wind at launch was coming straight up the face, the wind higher above came across the ridge to the left of launch, causing a lot of turbulence. A task was set, but it was delayed twice because we were not sure how safe it would be to launch 146 pilots in these conditions. The sa ... read more

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I started this blog in late 2007, before heading off to Australia for a hang gliding adventure. After my first solo flight in a hang glider all I wanted to do was fly as much as possible. I gave up my job as a human resources consultant and headed to Australia to live my dream of hang gliding. When I returned after four months, I wanted to build my life around the sport I loved so much, and I did. I was also determined to make it into the national hang gliding team and started flying competitions with only one year of flying experience. My dream was shattered in earl... full info

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