Re: Weekly Hike/fly and vol-biv weekends
Bruce Bundy
While everyone else in my company here in Mountain View heads off to the
gym for a lunch workout I have been zooming down 237 to Ed Levin, speed
hiking to the 600, and getting flights anywhere from 3 to 15 minutes. I
toss the wing unfolded back into the van, and repack it that night at
home.
I'm usually back at the office pretty close to the time that everyone
else
gets back, so I haven't caught too much flak for long lunches yet.
I've done this
about 15 times so far. Sometimes I've had to politely flag a local
hiker to see
if they wouldn't mind watching my launch (all Ed Levin launches must
be observed
according to the site rules), and a few times I had to just bail
without flying
because no one was around. Not sure if anyone else is nuts enough to
do this on
their lunch break and works close enough, but it would be great to
have some company.
As a P2, most of the regulated sites around here are not available to
me, but I am
up for anything else, and I could definitely benefit from the
experience the rest
of you have here. I'm up for some scouting and retrieves as well, but
of course
most of all I want to fly :-) I have 14 hours total airtime so far,
mostly in Hong Kong,
Sand City, and last Saturday at the Dumps for the first time (also a
weekend with
Wally at Big Sur with 4 flights. I would definitely H&F Wild Cattle)
Looking forward
to lots more H&F this year!
Bruce Bundy
Santa Cruz
831-818-5354
On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:31 PM, sergei wrote:
> As soon as get my P4, I am in for Mission. Until then, I am in for
> unregulated sites. I will subscribe to the list. Keep it alive.
>
> -Sergei
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Jim Chu <jch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> My guess is that there are a lot of closet hike and flyers out there.
>>
>> Like me, you like breaking a sweat (not just when you're packing your
>> glider) and you like the mountains + being outdoors in general.
>>
>> A few things I'd like to propose are below. I want to hear your
>> thoughts on these -- you can respond to this email and join the
>> google
>> group (email distribution list) to keep the conversation going:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/bayareahikeandhuck
>>
>> Also, the BAPA folks have been nice enough to give me some time to
>> discuss this topic at the next BAPA meeting on March 3 7pm in
>> Milpitas. I'll go over equipment and places and I'd like to hear
>> from
>> everyone what they've done, would like to do, what they're up for.
>> So
>> show up and let's figure out what we can do.
>>
>> 1) Weekly hike and fly at local bay area sites
>> I propose Mission on Tuesdays at 4:30pm starting March 16 which is
>> after daylight savings.
>> I'm open to other sites, too so just propose something.
>>
>> 2) Vol-biv trips in the Sierras and Northern California coastal
>> ranges
>> over weekends
>> I've looked at a number of different routes and possibilities. It's
>> always better to do these things in groups so I'd like to see who
>> wants to join me.
>>
>> 3) Informal vol-biv competition this summer
>> Let's pick a 3-day weekend, pick a route we've checked out, get a few
>> people for ground support, pack some beer, and start walking/flying.
>>
>> Jim
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