A great view from the bottom of the landing zone. We’re hanging out at the tailgate drinking beret, eating nuts and cookies. Good day with more to come!
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First flight (of the trip, of the year)
A really solid half hour flight for my first of the year and the trip. Easy forward launch in light wind. A good amount of ridge soaring. At one point I was above launch by a fair amount! Shortly after I passed back across launch and lost a lot of height. Ended up in a ridge valley and decided to head out to the landing. Nice groomed grass. A little less space than I’m used to, but my instructors words held me safe – “hold your base” – meaning stay back until you’re ready to land.
Just caught a shuttle back up the mountain to go again – maybe I’ll make this one longer! 😛
I’ll post some GPS googly earth maps later tonight, along with store great photos.
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Temecula House
We made it to the place we’ll be staying at for the next week. I’ll probably post more photos in the daylight, but I thought I’d start with this one. Photo of my need and the corresponding fireplace. 🙂
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Paragliding California – Getting there
I downloaded WordPress for Android so now I can bother everyone who is watching from my phone!
I usually feel overburdened if I’m carrying more than a single bag or item. I make an exception for travel, obviously but I don’t like it that much. Two bags or a backpack and a suitcase are ok.
But now I’m traveling with a paraglider…I feel like I’ve over packed, even though I haven’t packed more than I would normally for a week + trip.
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California Paragliding Trip: Day -1
I guess this is a travel blog. Wooo, for all of that traveling I do. I leave tomorrow for lovely LAX for a week of sitting on top of various mountains in the area taking photos of people.
I spent this evening packing, *cough* playing Agricola with Sean, and researching all of the sites that I’ve been told we might be flying at. There’s a list of 12 of them, but I have this feeling as though we won’t fly some of them, and we’ll probably fly others that aren’t on the list. I like having fore-knowledge.
Out of the 12, I’ve marked 5 of them in red, I’ve marked 4 of them in green and 3 have been left in the default black. Naturally, red ones sound like they are leaning outside of my skill and comfort level. Green sound like they could be ok. Black, often there isn’t enough information.
I liked this process of research. Lots of information on launches (which are mostly large and grassy), landings (which are mostly large and sandy) and flights (which …well, it sounds like some of them will have strong thermals). I loved seeing photos of the places, getting a sense of what was in the area. I’m looking forward to taking my own photos and maybe posting some of them here.
Here’s a spreadsheet of the sites, some notes I took, and a quick URL for more information. In the case of Kagel, I couldn’t possibly take enough notes to write down all of the hazards of the place. wooooo! Probably just sit that one out. >.>
So, buckle up, set your RSS reader to geeksong.com/Craig, and let’s DO THIS. YEAH!