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Libelle Driver wrote:
Your 10,000 ft tow would invalidate your 59.02 km flight to Lost Hills. The
1% rule is below.

This is absolutely correct. I was not suggesting anyone get a 10,000
foot tow for the silver distance flight. I was simply pointing
out that if landing out scares someone for a first
cross-country (not a Silver distance attempt), the alternative
is just a super high tow the first time to get a good feel for
the terrain and pilotage and feel for the aircraft and then
get there and land without many hours of looking for lift or
the uncertainty of when are you gonna land/coordinating with crew.

On my first X_C (to Lost Hills-Kern), I promised myself (and told my
crew) I would not land back at my home airport, no matter what.
This gave me the courage to leave the local area.

On my first retrieve from Lost Hills, the tow pilot said "don't
release until you're really sure you can make it back."
I ended up halfway back (15 miles out) at 8000 ft (!). I got
back to the airport at 6500 feet, and then had an AMAZING and fun
smooth sunset flight, and even caught some of that mysterious
and elusive "convergence" lift.

From the SSA site:
For flights of less than 100 km, the loss of height between the Start
altitude,(release from tow or altitude at the Start Point) and the Finish
altitude (altitude at the Finish Point or the elevation of the landing
place) must not exceed 1% of the distance flown. IF IT DOES, ANY CLAIM WILL
NOT BE VALID

For the 59.02 km, your lose of altitude between tow release and landing
would be about 1936 ft.