contest
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December 10, 2020
National Champion...or Not
This is a story about the fastest, most locked in, the most gorgeous thermal flight I ever made, which counted for absolutely nothing.
The Task
It was June 25th 2017 at the Club Class Nationals in Hobbs NM. Up to that point, I was having a decent contest and was in the top ten with a shot at the podium. The forecast for the day was good enough by
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July 12, 2018
My first consideration if I want to take a restart. How long will it take? Restarting can cost you more time than you are expecting. Not only do you need to get back to the line, but you need to get high enough to start again. Which means finding a thermal that is in close proximity to your start. So just getting 5 miles back to the line won’t help because you need to find a thermal near the