Another early wake up and departure, as we had a 'rendez-vous' with Chuck from Sun Valley Paragliding, at the LZ in Ketchum at 0730. I had met Chuck already in 2016, when I had been here with Stacy and Andy. Again he was very friendly and helpful. After having filled out all the necessary paperwork -Hart was just shaking his head- we rode in his 4x4 up to launch.
Chuck had chosen 'Heaven' for launching with his passengers. After the 3 tandems had taken off, first Thia, then I, Mike and finally Hart launched - all without any problems in the perfect head wind.
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(pix by Mike)
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| Chuck getting ready |
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| LZ and gondola (at 11 o'clock) |
For our second flight we rode up in the gondola. Chuck already was on top again, this time in order to retrieve his car. He again gave us good advice about which launch should work best - Thanks!
He sent us to 'Double D'-launch where already some thermal cycles were coming through
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| 'Double D' |
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| Mike getting ready on 'Double D' |
All of us got off without problems and quickly climbed to nearly 1000m above launch :-)
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