The day started with a pilot meeting at 9AM where we firmed up some of the technical issues such as min. distance, nominal dist. and time, c...

Today looked unstable early and we all knew it would over-develop before the day was done. The cell above was 20 miles East of us, near Med...

Tonight this blog had its 20,000th hit since its inception 17 months ago. The 20,000th hit was the 8,646th unique visitor. The hit came fro...

Today was a great day in the Applegate Valley. I met up with Andy Palmer, Rob Sporrer, Nick Greece, and Matt Beechinor at the LZ. Tim drove...

As in, &#34Tim can be a dipshit at times!&#34 - I hope the reference isn't the 'despicable' definition! I just returned...

Here's a video I put together that shows what it's like when thermalling with 70 other pilots before the start of the task. The vid...

A friend who has been an occasional instructor, guide, and initial responder when I banged myself up in Mexico a few years ago, has had an a...

I found this quote to be in complete resonance with my paragliding experiences. Tim Trips worthy of being called journeys must provide oppor...

As reported in my previous post, the fifth task was a bugger. Conditions at launch were very sketchy for a long time. See a photo on Andy M...

The weather was dreary when we arrived at launch around noon. Cloudbase was at least 400' below launch and the visibility was a half mi...

Prefrontal conditions obvious at breakfast. We hustled up to launch hoping to get a short task in before theskies opened up - We almost pul...

Today's weather looked much like yesterday's with light winds aloft and a fairly stable airmass. We still built a big task since ye...

Today’s task was a ridge run twice, along the ridge that launch is located on, then out to Squaw Valley and South to Lindsay. Total task le...

We woke to stratus obscuring the launch and very heavy dew at the HQ. We headed to launch around 10:30 and waited for the stuff to break. ...

Today the cu's were popping early so a 72K out and back task was called to Sandy Crk. then to Tivy Mtn. then out to Kaktus in the flats ...

I arrived in Dunlap at 1PM on Saturday hoping for a couple practice flights before the comp begins on Monday morning. The weather, when I ...

Saturday the task was from Hill 49917 to Last Chance to Bald Mtn. to GOAL at ROC124 (Rocky Hill - East of Visalia)total dist.73km. My flight...

This weekend we flew 2 XC tasks from the Dunlap launch. I'll write more about the tasks tomorrow when I've had some sleep. But her...

Everyone who lives dies, yet not everyone who dies, has lived. We take these risks not to escape life, but to prevent life escaping us. One ...

Well the season schedule is beginning to solidify for the coming year. I'll be flying in the first round of the U.S. Nationals in Dun...