Flying, Freezing, but Fun!
Busy Launch
Finally, took off! Feet left the ground for the second time this year. It felt good. It was the busiest it has been so far. The familiar faces have returned… All the local Parapente School Instructors were out, a couple with tandems, and the others flying solo, and a few local hotshots! including Mathieu. It was good to be flying with the merry throng again. It’s been quite a while since I flew, so was feeling excited. It does me good, not flying for a while, so when I do, I get re-motivated and want to get into it again. This time no sooner had I left the ground and caught my first thermal, not quite to base, it was perishing cold, and flying around admiring the beautiful views, it felt just so good to be back up there, re-aquainting myself with my glider, (as Dennis was flying his today!) and enjoying the alterations Denis Cortella recently made to my harness, it was sweet to get settled back in. It all felt
g-o-o-d 8)
The air was very inverted and quite feisty, in places which again was good for me to attune to my new wing. The thermals were strong enough to break through the inversion layers easily. Next time I certainly need my balaclava, heated gloves, and goose down jacket, was just not warm enough so was brought down by the cold after an hour. It wasn’t too long before the others followed!
Dennis also had an enjoyable flight, we could have flown back home, but having the vehicles restricted us a bit. The difficulty wasn’t in going up today, but maybe that’s just the amazing new wings!! tee hee 
It was a great afternoons flying, and the weather’s looking good for the weekend, but we’ve got transfers, so play may be put on hold for a couple of days now.
A few more pics in the gallery.
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