The 2009 Rat Race begins June 28th and runs through the 4th of July. I am not able to fly the Rat Race this year, but here are the RESULTS ...

Thanks to Alex for sending me these two images of our flight last weekend together. Sorry I wasn't able to reciprocate Alex. CNTRL-CLIC...

CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR LARGER VERSION Imagine this: Your adventure today is to get dropped off somewhere, 20 miles away from home, and get bac...

Click on photos for larger version Today was the 4th scored task. We have flown every day, but 3 tasks were canceled for weather. The weat...

Today we met at WCPC HQ under broken cloud layers similar to those of previous mornings. The forecast called for clearing with more North W...

Click on photos for larger version We met at WCPC-HQ at 9AM while rain fell under overcast skies. Jeff Huey (Safety Director)talked a bit a...

Click on photos for larger version When we arrived at launch the skies looked good in three quadrants. The view to the South of launch indi...

Click on photos for larger version Today looked very good when we arrived at launch but the forecast was calling for local Over Development,...

CLICK ON ALL PHOTOS TO SEE LARGER VERSION The task today was another great task. I think this may have been the most 'FUN' task tha...

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...