BC Road Trip Day 7

[Joe Stermitz]

Seven straight flyable days.  Yesterday was rockin' up over Coopers with two hangies (one on a cool little Atos-C) who were trying to get from Lumby to Savona (Kamloops).  It was the day for it with light winds and abundant lift to 12, maybe 14K, nice little cummies lining up from here to yon.  Last I saw they were specks high over Silver Star looking to jump north towards Mara.  I couldn't push through about 8k for some reason, so toured the valley and ridge towards King Eddy and back.  Hit 1400 fpm for one brief moment but most peaks were about 1k up and down.  Landed at 2:30 and could have spent the rest of the day in the sky, but it was time to head S.

 

If you're ever interested in flying the Okanogan, check out the Lumby air force.   www.lumbyairforce.com   Randy Rauck will set you up, and you can camp at his place for $10.  Fly Coopers in the am, Mara or King E in the pm, or just launch Coopers early and stay up all day.

[Joe Stermitz]

OK, so the Hangies didn't exactly make it to Kamloops....instead set 3 new records out of Coopers while I was puttering about below the convergence.

 

John went to Sun Peaks and back - 60 mi each way. (out and return record)
David went 70 mi west. (straight distance record)
David was up for 6.5 hours (duration)

[Discover Paragliding!]

This is why we had wanted to go up to BC for some flying this weekend! It's a great place to fly up there. Maren and I had to make the smart decision not to go because of the uncertainties of my foots healing though. Finally getting much better though still sore.

Have a great Fourth everyone!

Brad (and Maren)

See you up there,

Brad and Maren
Your 'Couple' of Instructors
www.DiscoverParagliding.com
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