Hi Mike,
Actually this was a pretty blah day for soaring in Utah. The winds
aloft were 20+ knots from the west and blew all but the strongest
thermals apart. It did make for good ridge soaring as you can see in
part 3 of the movie. You can hear on the video other pilots talking
about trying to get away from the airport and they kept getting shot
down. I was lucky because I took the risk of there being ridge lift
over Mount Timpanogus and went for it. Had the ridge lift not been
working, I would have had to land at another airport. This was really
just a local flight from Cedar Valley airport (home). I never got
further than 40 miles away from home. Even a fairly bad soaring day in
Utah is still pretty spectacular! Please consider coming out here in
the Summer to try some soaring yourself. You will not be disappointed.

Bruno