Today At Inspo

Fellow birds, Johnathan and Mike at launch.

I pulled my gear together and got myself on launch at Inspo around 2pm. It was blowing rather well as I pulled into the turn out, but as fate would have it, as I set up the wind died off and actually started puffing down. From time to time, a cycle would blow through, but nothing really strong enough to coax me off. The north pushed through complicating things further. I was eager to launch contemplating a north cross at 3pm when Jeff O'Brien called me back and informed me he wouldn't be flying. As usual however, Jeff offered me a ride back up later after my flight. A couple of bags, who had been on top when I arrived finally launched. They didn't find much to speak of, as they landed 15 minutes after take off. I waited, hoping for better conditions. 4,5 finally 5:30pm rolled around. Still not much! I decided to move back out to launch for the third time and take my chances. I waited through a long downwind cycle, when finally the wind switched up slope. I took the first little puff and was off.

The air was amazingly buoyant! I flew straight out and found little workable bubbles. They weren't to cohesive, but strong enough to maintain launch altitude. I noticed my drift was slightly south, so I made a be-line to the north ridge close to Provo Canyon. I was able to work the light lift coming up the north facing slopes until eventually finding a solid core that landed me at 10,000 asl. SWEET!! Patience is truly a virtue. I landed at 7:15 for an hour and some change flight.

Cool forward launch.