Jorge towed Vince (pg) he got a climb right off tow. Then I towed next. Great tow to almost 1400' agl when I pulled all the line off the drum! Michele just showed up in time to help get the line straightened out.
I was scratching back to launch @ 6-900' agl until I got a good climb. Climbed to 7858' asl. Vince landed due to the cold. (I showed 38°!!) I flew around 45 min until Jorge towed up.
I miss understood that we were going to try for Tekoa airport. I was almost 3 miles the wrong direction when I heard Michele say she was packing it up to head to Tekoa. There was a lot of sink between thermals & once we left spangle, the climbs were weaker and the altitude was less.
Thermals were rough & rowdy in spots. Broken at times & tough to track. Got low & was considering landing, and drove it towards a small knoll hoping it would produce something.... it worked!! She got rowdy on that one for a bit & the vario spiked ove 1000 fpm on the 3 sec average. 20 sec showed around 4-500fpm. A red tail hawk joined me for the rest of the climb. So cool when that happens. That was enough to get me to the NW shoulder of Tekoa just over the power lines where I found a bit of something to get my over, then another for the last thermal of the day.
The whole time I thought I was well behind Jorge, but at some point I had slipped past him to the NW. (I had no idea where he was.) He had his radio & vario died, but still had is GPS. It was the last climb at Tekoa when Michele announced she had a visual where he was. He was low but got up & over Tekoa & floored it to the airport.
It was mostly NW all day & I missed Jorge’s landing. I thought it was Nish & light and tossed the drogue. Got rolled right, turned it around & was set to land N. I didn’t notice Jorge was motioning to land SW. Came in fast & was going long & end up on the runway (or bldgs). Let the nose up & tried to mush it in. (That didn’t work so well) WACK! Better in the soft dirt the pavement. Nothing bent or broke.
My Flight
2:33 min flight, 7858 asl, 19.3 miles straight line distance.
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/306707
Jorge's flight
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/307294#
Matrix was much better for head down with spacer removed. Much warmer harness then the Rotor. (Possibly because there are not large air gaps?) Still a bit rough on getting upright.
Not bad for the last day of winter!!
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