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It’s Saturday, set to be a busy day on the hill.
Especially with the prediction pointing to potentially a awesome day for flying, I got out of bed early (for me at least) to be ready and waiting on the hill. It had the potential to become strong and “blowout” quickly, so I didn’t want to miss my chance of…
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Para-waiting.
Yes, parawaiting is a skill you master in order to paraglide, This term is used to quantify the time you spend on the hill waiting… Waiting for the the wind direction or strength to change, for the conditions to improve, for the clouds or fog to lift or the…
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A little (boring) homework today.
Yes, not much to report or remember, Spotted this beauty below on my way to Emily’s for a meditation session this morning. Nature is just simply wonderful with regards to the colours, shapes and patterns she can produce given enough time. After a call to the French embassy in…
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Sneaky flights at Taylor’s Mistake.
In overall “strange” weather conditions, I managed some airtime today, Most of my early morning was consumed by umming and ahing about the weather from home and if it is worth a trip to the hill. To tempt Murphy’s Law a little, I even contemplated doing the laundry, to…
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Trying to fly a different site today: Towers.
The emphases here is on “trying” unfortunately, We (<-paragliding community) normally fly the “Towers” site in a dying southwesterly wind, which is not often the case in Christchurch without having to deal with rain. The prediction was good-ish and it seemed like the actual conditions might follow the prediction,…
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The King’s Birthday.
It is a public holiday in NZ today called the “King’s Birthday”, It is not really his birthday, but like Wikipedia states: “The King’s Official Birthday is the selected day in most Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated in those countries. It does…
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Flying at Taylor’s Mistake and the Sunday “blues”.
The weather forecast was hopeful for an awesome day on the hill, Time to get up early and be ready, waiting on the hill in case it gets strong early on in the day. Clint and I managed to sneak in a couple of flights before the wind picked…
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