Trough is Bad

The last day of the Bogong cup hang-gliding comp ran off Mystic Launch yesterday - a gaggle of hangliders looks as much fun as flying into a blender from a paraglider pilot's perspective.

It wasn't that bad actually, I only had a couple hangies in my core, and I just turned inside of them so our speeds were matching. Our climb rate is as good as theirs, at least in smaller, lighter cores.

In the picture you can see we had Cu below the total overcast, which is a statement of the days instability. The lift was super smooth and sweet - I climbed to 2100m which was even with where cloudbase was across the valley. I should have gone over to clearspot because Gold Mine was not producing enough lift, so it was just a short flight, under an hour. The hangy task got canceled as it rained a bit later down-valley - we felt the rain created gusty wind come through the valley after landing.

Today it has rained for hours on end, an amazing consistent rain - good to keep the forests green and the fire danger down.

Tomorrow looks sketchy, we leave for Killarney on Wednesday.

ciao