First time to 3000 Feet above sea level at Blossom above the launch.

in paragliding •  6 years ago 

I normally don't find lift outside of the more predicable areas around Blossom.

This time I went on a little adventure North of the launch over the flat land. There are a lot of houses and roads between launch and the 8 freeway and for that reason I normally don't venture out that way.

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This was a great day to fly.

The weather models were predicting about 2500 above sea level. This would mark the first time ever I was able to get above the predicted models.

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Tony was waiting for me to get out of work.

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If you don't know, Tony is the parastalker.

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We jumped in to the after work traffic.

The wind was not going to calm down until later on in the day.

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Good thing there were two of us, so we can use the car pool lane.

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It didn't take long to get to launch.

I didn't realize how nice of a treat we were about to get.

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Tony launched first.

Tony is about to buy this wing. Its a Delta 3. He currently owns a Delta 2. Its funny that his aircraft is called a delta.

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After he launched I hustled down to the lower launch and got my feet off the ground.

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It really didn't take long to get up in the air.

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I was noticing that everyone was launching and going strait across the valley to El Cap.

This is the normal thing that we do. Today I wanted to see if I could find something closer to the 8 freeway and do some exploring North of launch.

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It didn't take long to find a really good thermal that took me to where I think cloud base would be.

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I was shocked at how nice the day turned on this late in the evening.

It was 6:30PM Pacific time when I found this great lift. This is very uncommon for me.

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When ever I fly around these houses, I always think about how nice it would be to have a house in this area.

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On of the obvious reasons that I would like to have a house out here is because of the location to my favorite flying site.

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Another reason is because of how nice the neighborhood is.

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With all the guys up in what I believe was a nice convergence, I needed to see if I could join them.

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Tony found some really nice lift, and a ride to 3200 ft.

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This is Art. He has a new wing.

One of the flight schools sent him a demo.

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I am planing on sending out some emails to get some flying gear that I can test out and do a review on since I have crossed the 1000 subscriber mark on YouTube.

The hope is I can use the platform to learn about the best gear, and test it out.

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Well, its about time to come in for a landing.

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It was a truly amazing flight.

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Excellent adventure which really is very interesting. I was thrilled to see the video.

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