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  1. Thermalling

    Not Committing Yourself to Every Thermal

    December 07, 2017

    Take the strongest thermal. The question is how do you know that it is a strong one or not? I am sure you all have felt a really good one when you just know right away it is going to be a great one (just take those ones). With experience, you can guess pretty quickly on the pull-up if the average is going to be what you have been averaging, stronger, or weaker. I could tell you that I can tell the

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