Edited the headcam footage from October 24. Airtime with eagles. Sunny, warm, and very fly-able. Hard to believe that this was only 4 weeks ago. It has been pouring rain for many days. November! Time to edit videos.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
First Turns of the Season, November 14
There has been enough snow to ski for a week now and we got out just in time before the Pineapple Express hit. Sweet turns on the Coquihalla. Last time I was on skis was May 28 - less than 6 months ago. Last time we skied the Coquihalla was 7 months ago.
Some of the little Christmas trees are still sticking out - bit more coverage will improve things. But, yeah, the pow is back!
Sunday was Paddle-Day. How 'Westcoast' is this... ski one day, kayak the next? For the first time in two years I managed to get a run in on the Chilliwack Canyon (a dislocated shoulder in November 07 put me off paddling for a while). Was surprised how smooth it went. But the water level was pretty low.
Some of the little Christmas trees are still sticking out - bit more coverage will improve things. But, yeah, the pow is back!
Sunday was Paddle-Day. How 'Westcoast' is this... ski one day, kayak the next? For the first time in two years I managed to get a run in on the Chilliwack Canyon (a dislocated shoulder in November 07 put me off paddling for a while). Was surprised how smooth it went. But the water level was pretty low.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Garden Adventures, Nov 7
Just had to post this picture of what we found in our own garden:
'Slippery Jack' relatives (Suillus caerulescens). With onion, salt and pepper - delicious.
'Slippery Jack' relatives (Suillus caerulescens). With onion, salt and pepper - delicious.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Blanchard Flying - October 31
There I thought flying was over for the year, getting ready for the pow season and looking longingly at first dustings of snow on the local mountains.
But no, we keep getting nice flights! Last Saturday at Blanchard was another one of these unexpected nice days (Whidbey not too far away was blown out and raining).
All of us had a couple of sled rides at first. But my last flight was awesome. Wind had picked up and provided good lift. Strong enough that I started playing with big ears, speedbar and small wingovers. Lots of fun on my big swing-set in the sky.
Finally also got the top-view camera set up and it worked like a charm. Editing the HD video was another story – very tedious. Producers of the little HD cameras seem to use their own codecs and while the quality can be amazing, using older software to edit is a pain.
Here is another video of an eagle getting up and close to a hangglider (in a friendly way). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaxFMlkqsEs
But no, we keep getting nice flights! Last Saturday at Blanchard was another one of these unexpected nice days (Whidbey not too far away was blown out and raining).
All of us had a couple of sled rides at first. But my last flight was awesome. Wind had picked up and provided good lift. Strong enough that I started playing with big ears, speedbar and small wingovers. Lots of fun on my big swing-set in the sky.
Finally also got the top-view camera set up and it worked like a charm. Editing the HD video was another story – very tedious. Producers of the little HD cameras seem to use their own codecs and while the quality can be amazing, using older software to edit is a pain.
Here is another video of an eagle getting up and close to a hangglider (in a friendly way). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaxFMlkqsEs
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