Our friend Andrei suggested that it was high time for a hike&fly from Mt Cheam again. But other friends wanted to hike Cheam and offered us a ride up the day before the planned paragliding fly-off, so we jumped the gun for a double mission. Wind wasn't right when we arrived so we paused for some parawaiting and resting in the meadow of red blueberry leaves. After an hour or two conditions improved. Pete launched first and got hovered off. I followed prepared for gusty conditions and launched my Swift without any surprises. Not much lift at 2000 meter, but I could extend the flight to 1.5 h in the lift near lower Bridal Launch.
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| Parawaiting in blueberries |
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| Pete is off with Mt Baker in the back |
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| Cultus Lake |
