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January 26th 18, 09:00 PM
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RIP Tomas Reich - SGP Chile
The Minden valley is benign, but since my hypothetical contest was out of Truckee, and I am attempting to return late in day along pine nuts. Is the deck 14,000 at Bald Mtn if I attempt a final glide from there or 5500 if I go North by Air-Sailing?
On Friday, January 26, 2018 at 11:22:56 AM UTC-8, John Cochrane wrote: The minden valley is about 4700 and pretty benign, so I'd put the hard deck in that area at 5500' MSL. The point is to not give points for low altitude thermaling. 
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