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Old May 10th 16, 02:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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having committed most of "the sunship game" to memory, i once looked up some stuff about stirling moss who was mentioned by gleb derujinsky. i came across a quote from sterling moss who said, "it is necessary to relax your muscles when you can, relaxing your mind is fatal." that kind of goes against what you say below, but i get what you mean about pacing yourself mentally.. one of the things about this or any long flight which is really tough, is the physiological aspect. keeping your body and mind functioning optimally for that length of time is as tough as anything else!

The big challenge of the flight was not so much the execution, but in the physical endurance. I had flown all of the ridges involved and the transitions were not anything particularly novel. A lot of the focus went into trying to stay relaxed and avoiding exerting mental effort as much as possible. Luckily the ridge was relatively smooth, so I was able to stay relatively fresh for most of the flight. By the end I was starting to get soar, but it was not all too bad.


 




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