A view from my hang glider from 16,000 feet looking down on Mount Whitney, California. Purportedly the tallest mountain in the 48 connected US states.
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Walts Point launch, near Lone pine, Owens Valley, California. One of the preferred Hang glider launches at approx 9,000 feet.
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Preparing to launch at Walts Point. My glider is the yellow/red one.
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Where I landed after flying 50.1 miles from Walts Point, in Owens Valley.
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US Nationals 2008, Lakeview Oregon. Task board for the day's competition. Yes, that is a 207 kilometer task - 129 miles.
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Black Cap launch looking over Lakeview, Oregon. US Nationals 2008.
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Looking down at Sugar launch, near Lakeview Oregon, 2008. Approx 13,000 feet.
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Up close with the clouds at roughly 13,000 feet. Lakeview Oregon, US nationals 2008.
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Getting underneath clouds. US Nationals 2008.
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Sugar launch, near Lakeview, Oregon. Those tiny white spots are the other gliders trying to get up.
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Underneath a cloud, Lakeview Oregon, 2008.
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Underneath a cloud, Lakeview Oregon, 2008.
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Looking down on another glider, Lakeview Oregon, 2008.
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Flying over the California -> Oregon state border. The border is a line from the base of the hill, through the center of "town" and out to the lake.
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Apparently Lakeview likes hang gliders.
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Blackcap launch, above Lakeview.
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After my flight for the day I went exploring. This is the flat part of the terrain we were flying over when we went east.
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Welcome to California!
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Welcome back to Oregon!
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East from Black Cap, Lakeview, Oregon. Flying along the center of the valley in a nice thermal that took me back up to 13,000 feet.
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One of our group of pilots landed out near the terrain I'd explored previously. This is our driver, Enoch.
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A view of the reservation from the air. Our first turn point was above the air port.
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Over town.. getting closer to turn..
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Crop circles! And there's the air strip. Our turn point was a 400 meter cylinder (1/4 mile) above it.
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I landed in what I thought was an empty field. I was suprised when a group of curious horses turned up to see what was going on.
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Horses getting up close.. I really am surprised. They came from a long way away. I'd normally they'd be startled and scared of a glider flying overhead.
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Another of our group landed way out in the middle of nowhere. This is an "airstrip".
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Back to Owens Valley. September 2008. I launched way off in the distance and flew along the mountains towards the right. I left the mountains to come land here because I was tired and had enough.
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Power lines!!
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Another view from where I landed. The White mountains on the right.
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Working ridges on the Sierra side of the mountains. I was at about 14,000 feet here.
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I later reached 17,300 feet. But this shot of my flight instruments almost shows the best altitude. My water bottle had already frozen..
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About to land in my old hang glider - Wills Wing Sport 2-175. This was taken a while ago by a spectator at Ed Levin county park, Milpitas, CA
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