Jaca Week 4 Day One

Week 4 all arrived on a BA flight to Barcelona despite one nameless person forgetting about the clocks moving forward an hour. The morning dawned with some alto-cu and it seemed like nothing much would happen until Andy Aveling announced he was taking a launch. I watched from the Duo on the ground expecting Andy to scratch around for a half an hour but after 5 min the K21 climbed and the thermals boomed. Instead of the usual apprenticeship in the weeds where they proudly announce getting to 6500 feet, all four students were suddenly effortlessly wafted to 9000 feet or even to 10000 feet and off down the streets to Ordesa and Yesa. The Duo climbed at 11 kt according to the averager at one point. Nothing to this mountain flying then. The problem is: with a Day One like that, how do you top it? Do the instructors now have to devise all sorts of wondrous flights to stop polite yawns from the front seat?

Paul ordered a tea con leche and received the world's first tea cappuccino.

John McCullagh