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Crestline to Elizabeth Lake Sport 2 155
67.75 mile flight on my Wills Wing Sport 2 155 hang glider.
Date(s): 8/27/2009. Album by NMERider. Photos by NMERider. 1 - 23 of 23 Total. 710 Visits.
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1:03 PM - Note the sign beneath my control bar.

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1:04 PM Just launched at Crestline

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1:35 PM @ 8,300' over Devil's Canyon with Dave in a thermal that carried us from 7 to 9,000'.

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1:43 PM @ 9,300' over West Fork Rec Area, passing by Lake Siverwood

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2:15 PM @ 4,500' My harness is still unzipped from just minutes ago when I was 400' AGL and ready to land in that small clearing seen just over my shoulder.

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2:16 PM @ 4,700' early in a long climb after a low save at Mormon Rocks in the Cajon Pass.

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I climbed from 4,000' to 12,000' in this thermal near Mormon Rocks.

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2:30 PM @ 9,000' on my way to 12,000'. Near Kruse Rd and HWY 138. Dave's Sport 2 & Dennis w/ my RAV4 @ 3,400' circled in pink. Click on "original" size to see.

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2:57 PM @ 11,000' looking Northwest toward: Pinon Hills

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2:59 PM @ 11,000' approaching the town of Wrightwood, CA

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3:00 PM @10,600' approaching Wrightwood and sinking.

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3:02 PM @ 10,000' looking down on the town of Wrightwood at 6,000'

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3:24 PM @ 6,200' just East of Boulder Canyon. Thinking I'm going to land any minute now.

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3:33 PM @ 7,900' being joined by one of four different hawks that flew with me.

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3:37 PM @ 9,700' and fueling up with a Pemmican food bar

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3:45 PM @ 12,500' Looking at Largo Vista from over Grandview Canyon  and enjoying the grand view.

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3:59 PM @ 10,000' over Valyermo.  Holcomb Ridge is to my left.

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4:15 PM @ 9,300' between Pearblossom and Little rock.

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4:16 PM @ 11,100' Looking down at the California Aqueduct

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4:17 PM @ 11,400' over Clima Mesa

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4:19 PM and I'm North of the Morris Fire in Azusa. My memory card just filled up after 990 photos.

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5:47 PM and 67.75 miles from launch at Willow Springs Canyon. I proudly wear the Ohio Flyers club hat that made the trip in my harness.

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Would you beleive this flight?
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