Monthly Archives: January 2006

Task 2 took pilots east to Felton East. I flew just 28.2km and finished 38th for the day. I realized two important factors from todays flight. Flying alone is much more difficult that with other pilots, and when getting low … Continue reading →

Task 1 was an elapsed start and from the 2km launch cylinder we went directly to goal 76.4km downwind to the west. I was flying well until I passed some 0 lift/sink around 58km as I was getting rather low. … Continue reading →

Competitions in Australia don’t provide retrieve, so pilots organize themselves grouping together in vehicles or hired buses. I joined a group of Aussie pilots in a retrieve bus for 10 pilots owned and driven by Rex, a Killarney local. This … Continue reading →

Today I took my first steps in OZ, having flown from Chicago to LAX to Fiji to Brisbane. After a quick 20 min train from the airport to downtown I hopped a bus to Warwick, 30km from Killarney, which sits … Continue reading →

The martians are leaving and they’re bringing thousands of popsicles with them. With an exchange rate of 3.41 soles for $1usd chupetes cost of either $0.15 or $0.30usd. Flavors for 50 centavos: lucuma, menta, chocolate, cerveza, fresa, coco, mango, uva … Continue reading →

A 4 hr train ride from Cusco delivered us to the realm of Machu Picchu where we spent the night in Aguas Calientes and awoke early the following morning in the rain to catch the first bus at 5:30am to … Continue reading →

El Capitalo Historica del Peru. It was a dream arriving in Cusco, blury lights, no more bus rides and I felt energetic after the decent in elevation from Puno, my body savoring the additional oxygen in the air. After spending … Continue reading →