Today was another tough day - very hard to get high in the Ruch valley. I got maybe 5000, and then headed across to tag the first turnpoint, but bombed out shortly after that. June worked hard but came short of the turnpoint and joined me in the LZ. Czech Pete took a different approach, over Burnt ridge, but ended up bombing out before long. Nick made a few more turnpoints, but wasn't able to put it all together to get out of the valley towards goal in the Rogue valley. Next time! Our host Paul had his best comp results ever - fourth overall, and top regional pilot. He was the only guy in the top twelve overall flying a certified (2-3) wing. Local knowledge and experience really made a difference with this tough high pressure weather.
While the party got started, a few of us ran up to fly the glass off again, including former Hawaii pilot Troy, who just moved to the Woodrat area with his wife Carey a few weeks ago. We landed just in time for the awards presentation, to cheer for our XC heroes, as well as for Brad's ritual swimming pool dunkings after the winners were announced. Since Brad came in second, he had to be dunked too - Reaper and Tom Chestnut and a few others pooled their brawn to make sure of that.
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