Monday: another h&f day: at around 1000 we left Forca d'Acero (where I had parked my car yesterday) and headed for Monte Tranquillo. After 4+ hours (with an altidude gain of 430m) we reached our launch...
Initially the track led through a nice forest (in the shade) and I could carry my glider myself (about 60% of the whole distance), Then for a while (about 10%) the track became very steep and difficult, here Ronnie left his pack further up and came back down and took my pack. As I reached the spot where Ronnie had left his gear, I took his rucksack and carried it for the rest of the way. Many thanks to Ronnie and Rene for their assistance!!!
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| Track recorded by Ronny |
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| resting on launch |
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launch looking SW
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| Pano looking East (where we had come from / Monte Panico) |
I landed after about 50' at the same LZ in San Donato as yesterday; unfortunately the cloud cover arrived much faster than forecasted/ anticipated and dampened the thermals quite a lot. This provided for a smooth ride, but also shortened our flights quite a bit.
Getting back to our hotel at Pescasseroli, Aisha (an elderly lady-wulf) rested in front of the entrance...
As I had 2 ice-creams at San Donato, I skipped dinner ;-)
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