Grand Targhee

Thur: as the pix from yesterday's sunset seemed to indicate, the cloud cover had increased during the night and there was (unfortunately) no need to head out early to Teton Village for a flight  :-(
In the afternoon it started clearing up and we headed for Grand Targhee, on the west side of the Tetons, still in ID. At first they sold us tickets and said it's ok to fly, but a few minutes and telefone calls later, we were told, that thier policy regarding paragliding had recently been changed and that we coulnd't fly - Andy was quite pissed...

On the way back we saw a small ridge, where Stacy tried to fly: the wind was just a bit too cross, otherwise he could have stayed up. We still think that this would have been the best place to fly yesterday...

Later then we tried to fly Philips Rigde: quite promising, but best in the early afternoon.

Philips Ridge: Stacy ready to launch my wing

After 3 launch attempts on the rocky slope with almost no wind anymore, I gave up and let Stacy fly my wing down. This was done so fast, that the car key flew along with Stacy... Jim hitched a ride back to his car and then brought me the key.

Sunset / Tetons