HG pilot in Brazil goes long - 450 km straight out- new source of SP pilots?

On Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:48:15 PM UTC-4, HGXC wrote:
And have you ever to been to wallaby ranch? Quest? Mt Ascutney VT? The numbers of PG and HG are close in the US.

Dennis

You fly HGs off of Ascutney? Mucho respect to you, my friend! I've had the ever loving hell beat out of me in my LS8 simply flying close to that bad boy. The wave, when I found it though, was worth it...

-John, Q3

On Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:14:04 PM UTC-4, John Carlyle wrote:
On Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:48:15 PM UTC-4, HGXC wrote:
And have you ever to been to wallaby ranch? Quest? Mt Ascutney VT? The numbers of PG and HG are close in the US.

Dennis

You fly HGs off of Ascutney? Mucho respect to you, my friend! I've had the ever loving hell beat out of me in my LS8 simply flying close to that bad boy. The wave, when I found it though, was worth it...

-John, Q3

Thanks John, Yes I've been flying there for nearly 40 years and set a New England Hang Gliding XC record from there. 122.2 miles. I might have gone further if my freakin bib didn't get in the way LOL

Peace out,

Dennis

The response confirms the accusation of SPs being cranky old people. Bit I don't get is SPs have a limited capacity to grow anyway, one local club had a waiting list for new student members. I got tired of grinding around in the backseat and didn't do it for all that long. So why grow SPs? Sailplane flying runs on a handful of fanatics devoting massive amounts of time, energy, and money, as long as a few replacement fanatics filter in over the years everything will be OK.
As for HG/PG numbers I understand they are about equal in the US but worldwide PG pilots outnumber everybody by a huge margin. The total number of PG pilots worldwide estimated at 250,000. Lots of semi active PG pilots that only fly on a couple of holiday weeks a year and otherwise stay on the ground living normal mundane lives. PG allows that, and it works well for people.