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  1. Norms Thermalling

    The Low Save

    September 26, 2019

     It’s like a fishing story; it was this big… There I was at 200ft, or whatever someone claims to have been. First of all, most of the low saves were not as low as someone claimed, and it gets lower with each telling of the story. But when the new guy hears 200ft and thinks that’s normal and feels his flying is overly cautious when he gives up at 400ft. We encourage this behavior,

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