With no prospect of thermals an early start was made to try to connect with one of the many wave systems evident by the copious amounts of lenticulars. Due north was tried first with a little success with Malcolm and Clive managing to scrape to 7000'+ during a 2 hour sortie in the Duo. Colin and Merv could only manage a slow descent for 1 hour, followed by a change of tactic with Ingram launching due west. This approach provided an encouraging initial climb of 500' that quickly turned into ridge soaring the southern slope of the valley at 800'agl for a total of 1 hour in the company of Robert and Clive in the Duo. Third time lucky for Richard who towed just a little further and higher we finally connected just east of Yesa reservoir with a very satisfying climb to 13200' after the i
nitial frustrating attempts and finishing with a few aerobatics.Gordon was airborne for almost 6 hours in his Astir and was forced south by heavy snow but successfully connected with the Yesa wave abandoning his climb at 12500' as he did not have oxygen fitted.
Looks like the wave conditions are improving for the rest of the week - let's hope so!!
Merv
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