Last weekend saw the first flight - for me - of the year. And life was good: over 2hrs, nice big thermals, quite strong (>+3) but good and abundant. I went to Colonna, didn't get to high so didn't chase the pack that had headed to Tamaro, instead back over to Nudo, headed out towards Sangiano, got to 1800m there, cruised over to home, across to Besozzo, then Bogno... totally cool because there was no way I was going down. Then headed back in to Nudo, staying high and getting in 100m or so above the take off. I tried to spot Wim (waiting to take off) then went over to Colonna again, nearly to San Martino, back round to Sasso. Needed 20mins to get down because so many gliders came in under me. A mega start to the season. Maybe 25 hang gliders in the LZ, too.
The only downside was Hans took off and grabbed his drogue chute instead of harness zip... but landed OK.
8:09:37 PM 
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