Hammertag in Pemby - July 29

 

Hammertag in Pemby. RASP promising climbs to 3800m and light winds. To mix things up we flew from Miller Ridge which faces east so we could launch a couple of hours earlier than from our regular site. Cloudbase was as high as promised but the thermals were a bit rough, especially lower down. Lots of great flights including some +200km triangles. First for me was flying along the south side of the Lillooet River. Photos are from the long crossings and not from the 'high points' - just didn't feel like letting go of my brake toggles at the top of the thermals

Flying XC in BC - June 20-26

 

This year we had not many options for places to fly with all the fires, the smoke and the wind. The more adventurous did a sporty down-wind flight from Pemberton to Gold Bridge and yes, as we knew already, Carpenter Lake gets a bit exciting when its windy (see Nick Neymen’s blog on this https://sharemyjoys.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/vol-biv-hitch-in-canada). The smoke beat us to Clearwater. Much better flying near Williams Lake (no smoke here) lead to a plan to come back when the weather would be less prone to over development. Looks like a great area for flatland thermals! We spent the last two days close to home (for us) and flew Benny and Bridal.