Me so tired
I've missed updating my blog over the last few days, because man, I've been tired!
Over the last week or so a balance has been struck between driving tandems/students up and down the mountain while doing some assisting with one of the pg schools, and of course, flying. I think it's been working out really well - the days go by pretty quickly, but they are fun. So far this month I'm averaging about an hour of flying a day which is good considering some days are more than twice that and other days are just a couple extended sleddies or whatever. I'm not complaining.
I flew in the Mystic Cup a couple days ago which is a little comp held every second weekend out here in Bright. It's a funny one because there seems to be the hardcore competitors who are game to win the thing and then there are others who approach it with a sort of lackadaisical attitude. I got something like half the waypoints but only completed maybe a third of the task because there was an inversion that I got bored trying to punch through after 20 minutes. Sometimes I have patience for that sort of thing, but that day I figured spiraling down the ground would be more fun - and it SO was!
I went tandem yesterday which was fun and since it was still the Mystic Cup, Fred (the pilot) flew the task. After almost 3 hours in the air, we landed - man what a flight! Flying in the same thermals with gliders that look like banana peels is interesting - especially when the guys in their fancy pod harnesses start getting collapses and they start rocking around - one guy especially put on a good show. Glad he regained control of his glider pretty quickly.
Oh yeah, I should note that most pilots didn't finish the task - even some of the better guys. Ha ha, a tandem to make goal is pretty sweet! Shows what a talented pilot Fred is and what a good passenger I was because I didn't have to go pee and I didn't puke!
Anyway, with regard to the topic in my previous post about rumours and gossip, yes, it seems things have cooled down a bit. And if they haven't, well, I'm not really in the mood for caring. These things tend of piss me off temporarily and then I just shrug - meh! I'll twist things around and say that I will take it as a compliment if people find me interesting enough to gossip about! But seriously thanks guys, as always, for the pat on the back!
Killarney (my first comp out here) is at the end of the month, which has been at the back of my mind for the last few days. Hopefully the weather will be good, and the flying even better. Can't wait!
Over the last week or so a balance has been struck between driving tandems/students up and down the mountain while doing some assisting with one of the pg schools, and of course, flying. I think it's been working out really well - the days go by pretty quickly, but they are fun. So far this month I'm averaging about an hour of flying a day which is good considering some days are more than twice that and other days are just a couple extended sleddies or whatever. I'm not complaining.
I flew in the Mystic Cup a couple days ago which is a little comp held every second weekend out here in Bright. It's a funny one because there seems to be the hardcore competitors who are game to win the thing and then there are others who approach it with a sort of lackadaisical attitude. I got something like half the waypoints but only completed maybe a third of the task because there was an inversion that I got bored trying to punch through after 20 minutes. Sometimes I have patience for that sort of thing, but that day I figured spiraling down the ground would be more fun - and it SO was!
I went tandem yesterday which was fun and since it was still the Mystic Cup, Fred (the pilot) flew the task. After almost 3 hours in the air, we landed - man what a flight! Flying in the same thermals with gliders that look like banana peels is interesting - especially when the guys in their fancy pod harnesses start getting collapses and they start rocking around - one guy especially put on a good show. Glad he regained control of his glider pretty quickly.
Oh yeah, I should note that most pilots didn't finish the task - even some of the better guys. Ha ha, a tandem to make goal is pretty sweet! Shows what a talented pilot Fred is and what a good passenger I was because I didn't have to go pee and I didn't puke!
Anyway, with regard to the topic in my previous post about rumours and gossip, yes, it seems things have cooled down a bit. And if they haven't, well, I'm not really in the mood for caring. These things tend of piss me off temporarily and then I just shrug - meh! I'll twist things around and say that I will take it as a compliment if people find me interesting enough to gossip about! But seriously thanks guys, as always, for the pat on the back!
Killarney (my first comp out here) is at the end of the month, which has been at the back of my mind for the last few days. Hopefully the weather will be good, and the flying even better. Can't wait!
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