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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.

Hey andy,

You're certainly correct about the necessity of staying mentally sharp or the consequences could be catastrophic. However, there are different levels of emotional intensity that you can exert at different times. The simplest example involves transitions. For most of the jumps, particularly the upwind ones, I backed off compared to most of my flights. I ended up making the jumps with 1000ft or more to spare. I could have left lower and done them more optimally, but I knew that would be more mentally exerting, so I tried to give a little bit more margin to avoid burning out.

One of the interesting things about these sorts of flights is that on one hand, you are pushing hard all day and keeping the speed up, but on the other hand, you DO have all day to complete the flight. You certainly can't give up efficiency often, but backing off a couple times to keep yourself physically and mentally sharp is feasible.

Best regards,
Daniel