Glad we brought the kayaks 'cause there was a lot of boating around!
Story Time: A llittle rain on the drive had me wondering' but it was dryish when we got there. Biwingual Rob cordially welcomed us on launch with his wing in oh shit chill mode due to the blustery conditions. Matt, not one to let good wind go to waste, launched and got 1000 ft over to cloud base in about two minutes. Looked like ridge lift to base. Hmmm. He reported a whopping 10 kmph penetration at trim on his icepeak6 which kept me chillin for the moment but the sky, full of various types of awesome clouds, looked great and I was sure i'd launch soon...ish. Matt flew for 20-30 min, then went to land so he could take his student up on a tandem as it was smoothing out and backing off a bit. They launched in a lull but sunk out! I did my nails and the usual rigmarole of putting on adequate clothes for 45 degree temps and meanwhile Rob launched his hang. Sick. Soon I was off and up I went but it was good and the forecasts were dead wrong; 80% chance of rain, thunderstorms, and even a potential water spout turned into two hours of Chehalem fun! Rode convergence that Matt's student Ryan discovered, thermaled up to 2450' with Henzillujah in the beautiful sunshine of No O. (Northern Oregon), watched another hang pilot launch and rock out with Rob, but, best of all was Ryan, this almost P2 boating around like he had God on autodial. The fu@ker was 100 ft higher than me and Henzi the whole time (except when he flew right through the thermal we took to base-ically). Good job dude! A solid pilot in the making. Cantrell showed up without a wing but we could see the rain dumping near Sherwood so I guess we'll let it go... who wants his M4 besides...me...uhh...enD...err...uhh...? Yeah, a good day that was way better than I thought it would be. In the words of Steve Roti, "it's just a forecast".
On Monday, October 22, 2012 2:29:13 AM UTC-7, -ERiC-MiLLER- wrote:
> Glad we brought the kayaks 'cause there was a lot of boating around!
> Story Time: A llittle rain on the drive had me wondering' but it was > dryish when we got there. Biwingual Rob cordially welcomed us on launch > with his wing in oh shit chill mode due to the blustery conditions. Matt, > not one to let good wind go to waste, launched and got 1000 ft over to > cloud base in about two minutes. Looked like ridge lift to base. Hmmm. > He reported a whopping 10 kmph penetration at trim on his icepeak6 which > kept me chillin for the moment but the sky, full of various types of > awesome clouds, looked great and I was sure i'd launch soon...ish. Matt > flew for 20-30 min, then went to land so he could take his student up on a > tandem as it was smoothing out and backing off a bit. They launched in a > lull but sunk out! I did my nails and the usual rigmarole of putting on > adequate clothes for 45 degree temps and meanwhile Rob launched his hang. > Sick. Soon I was off and up I went but it was good and the forecasts were > dead wrong; 80% chance of rain, thunderstorms, and even a potential water > spout turned into two hours of Chehalem fun! Rode convergence that Matt's > student Ryan discovered, thermaled up to 2450' with Henzillujah in the > beautiful sunshine of No O. (Northern Oregon), watched another hang pilot > launch and rock out with Rob, but, best of all was Ryan, this almost P2 > boating around like he had God on autodial. The fu@ker was 100 ft higher > than me and Henzi the whole time (except when he flew right through the > thermal we took to base-ically). Good job dude! A solid pilot in the > making. Cantrell showed up without a wing but we could see the rain dumping > near Sherwood so I guess we'll let it go... who wants his M4 > besides...me...uhh...enD...err...uhh...? Yeah, a good day that was way > better than I thought it would be. In the words of Steve Roti, "it's just > a forecast".
> On Monday, October 22, 2012 2:29:13 AM UTC-7, -ERiC-MiLLER- wrote:
>> Glad we brought the kayaks 'cause there was a lot of boating around!
>> Story Time: A llittle rain on the drive had me wondering' but it was >> dryish when we got there. Biwingual Rob cordially welcomed us on launch >> with his wing in oh shit chill mode due to the blustery conditions. Matt, >> not one to let good wind go to waste, launched and got 1000 ft over to >> cloud base in about two minutes. Looked like ridge lift to base. Hmmm. >> He reported a whopping 10 kmph penetration at trim on his icepeak6 which >> kept me chillin for the moment but the sky, full of various types of >> awesome clouds, looked great and I was sure i'd launch soon...ish. Matt >> flew for 20-30 min, then went to land so he could take his student up on a >> tandem as it was smoothing out and backing off a bit. They launched in a >> lull but sunk out! I did my nails and the usual rigmarole of putting on >> adequate clothes for 45 degree temps and meanwhile Rob launched his hang. >> Sick. Soon I was off and up I went but it was good and the forecasts were >> dead wrong; 80% chance of rain, thunderstorms, and even a potential water >> spout turned into two hours of Chehalem fun! Rode convergence that Matt's >> student Ryan discovered, thermaled up to 2450' with Henzillujah in the >> beautiful sunshine of No O. (Northern Oregon), watched another hang pilot >> launch and rock out with Rob, but, best of all was Ryan, this almost P2 >> boating around like he had God on autodial. The fu@ker was 100 ft higher >> than me and Henzi the whole time (except when he flew right through the >> thermal we took to base-ically). Good job dude! A solid pilot in the >> making. Cantrell showed up without a wing but we could see the rain dumping >> near Sherwood so I guess we'll let it go... who wants his M4 >> besides...me...uhh...enD...err...uhh...? Yeah, a good day that was way >> better than I thought it would be. In the words of Steve Roti, "it's just >> a forecast".
