A good day around home!

Here are few shoots of my last xc. The conditions here looks more like summer conditions than spring conditions. Hopefully I will get more good days to fly big distances!

At the first TP, the view on Chartreuse.

Atack on the Dent de crolles!

Climbing With my friends( here is Loic on tandem) at the Mont Granier!
Humm! Cloud Base!
Later near Geneve, On the flatland, it was so sweet to fly this area! I love the contrast of such a long flight! Mountains, Flat, Big montains...
Hi switzerland! Sorry I don't have my passport! I won't go further!
Let"s go back to the ridge !

Above Annecy lake, the highest base of the day for me 3000m!
On the Grand Arc! The Light start to be very nice and with the tail wind, and the great conditions, the flight is realy pleasant!
La grande Lauziere is on fire!


On the last Climb, just before to glide back home! Happy!

I landed after 7h30 mins and 228 kms. Not so fast but still so good to be in the air! The conditions here looks more like summer conditions than spring conditions. Hopefully I will get more good days to fly big distance!

Back under the Litespeed! yehaa!

After more than 8 month without flying the hang glider, I needed a fix!!!

So I went to the Moucherotte with a good banch of friends! The wind was so stong from north in the morning that most of them decide to go back to St Hilaire to fly their PG, only me and Seb decide to go up to launch to have a look and see if the wind will decrease! And it was decreasing! After a long 4X4 ride and a nice picnic, we had to wait before the conditions get good but finally we could take off directly from the cliff just after midday (very late for this east face that works usually around 10 am! )

BANZAI!!!

The East ridge of the Vercors

Climbing aside the cloud, sweet!!

In Aspres Area with a Vulture

Finally I get a good climb on Aujour! Almost 3000m at base!

Going south, the conditions where getting bad very quickly.... too many clouds around here...

On the Blayeul, I decide to u-turn...my mistake was to follow the sailplane...

Against the wind I had no chance!

After few low save, fitting against the wind and the strong breeze in the valleys,

I had to accept that I would not be back home tonight!

I ended near Laragne, I called my Friend Steph and he was in the field to pick me up before I finish to pack the glider! So cool! Thanks! After a nice meal and a good sleep, he even drove me back home!!

I flew 6h30 to do "only" 190 kms, but for sure it was cool to glide again!! Today I fell a bit soar, but I'm ready for the next day!!