wanting some exericise, and not wanting to drive anywhere, i hiked up snowball at lunch. it was a lot longer then i thought and in the sun 95% of the way. sketchy flat bushy launch. the west facing option was a better direction but worse consequences if you blow it. took a few pull up cycles to get my glider to face a decent direction. i took the cross wind option and high stepped through some bushes and weaved a few trees before cleanly airborne. 8 minutes later i landed on the 50 yard line of the high school stadium below. i got off track once, but check the google earth on my phone and it saved me a couple miles extra walk. i google earthed my walk when i got back and it was 4 miles. yar!!!
walk distance: 4 miles
walk time: 1 hour 15 minutes
altitude: 1750 feet
flight: 8 minutes
lunch while walking: rice, bean, cheese burrito
pandora station: samiam
launch: south facing, flat, bushes, with trees out front to clear
do it again?: maybe once they have the franklin trail in place and it shortens the walk considerably
good times!
