The bonus was a cloudbase 4000' higher than yesterday's 8000'. The forcast was predicting strong SSW winds 40kts in the Rhone valley but thankfully much less to the east. Julian occupied Roger's Duo spare seat giving John P exclusive use of the DG for the day. John C flew first in the Duo followed by Tom in the number two slot. Merv encouraged John P to release early at Hongrie in what appeared to be a good sized thermal that rapidly turned into sink. Eventually.... we climbed away in another set of tricky conditions. John P was delighted to fly over some of the ridges that he had previously skied, he was also treated to a close inspection of some of the lower slopes of the Ecrins national park just west of St Crepin and the compulsory soaring of Pic D'Bure. John P finished his flight with his first encounter of wave soaring, the 6kt climb was aborted under the FL115 ceiling as we were running short of time we landed with 2 mins to spare. A change in the weather may be on
the cards as the low pressure, far to the west, moves our way.
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One of the beautiful valleys of the Ecrins |
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