On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 8:26:56 PM UTC-4, Cookie wrote:

The craziest ridge tow I ever saw was at Harris Hill....The release was at 5'..

Yes, five feet above the airport!! The glider pilot hung on tow until the speed got up to about 70 or so...then released...flew down the runway..(it starts going down hill) and then off the cliff! Into the ridge lift and gone!

For the few readers that are unfamiliar with Harris Hill, there is an 'emergency runway' maintained 700 feet below the end of the primary runway.

Nice for PTOT3.