July 28, 2009

river and trees again

Yesterday was very unstable and there were thunderclouds popping up all day. The brave ones waited and succeeded to go go far. One paraglider flew 100K to invermere and Rob C made it to Canal Flats for 160K or so. I waited till evening with some blue sky and found the air still too rough for me. I got up over the peak easy but there was 1200 up right beside 1200 down and not big enough to stay in so the rodeo wasn't worth the return and I landed.

When I went for supper I learned that there was a hangglider cought in a gust front and wound up in the river, and a paraglider in the trees in invermere. Guy in the hangglider was fine. Paraglider unknown who or his condition. today looks much of the same but slightly better,,,we'll see

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Keep up the post, your my link to the Willi
Who went for a swim in the river?
Rozz

Jason Dyer said...

guy leblonc swam for a kilometer with glider in hand and in his harness just to get to the otherside. He's a michine and very lucky