Ultimate soaring challenges or adventures

On Nov 9, 5:28*am, nimbusgb wrote:
I am looking to compile a list of 'The Ultimate Soaring Adventures'.
I'd
appreciate any input from the forum on what they see as the pinnacle
of
soaring whether it is a 1000km task, flying New Zealands wave or some
other goal that may be beyond the day-to-day pilots reach.

I'll put up a list on a website once I get some input.

I have always wanted to fly a thermal flight from Crystalaire to
Minden on one day, and then back the next day. I have flown, in parts
all the sections except from Topaz Lake to Mammoth. This would be in
my SparrowHawk. Flying a really long distance wave flight would also
be great. JP has done the wave flight but 12hrs is a little much, 8
would be plenty long enough for me, maybe at a faster speed, 900k ?
Mike Reagan

My dream flights:

1000 km Grand Slam: 1) Thermal (done) 2) Wave 3) Appalachian
ridge (ideally, a non-lite O&R) 4) 1000 km FAI legal triangle

1250 km FAI triangle in the -20

1500 km in wave

Ely - Grand Canyon Airport - Ely

Tehachapi - Parowan via Tonopah or reverse

Tehachapi - Twin Falls

Gliderport Hopping: Tehachapi - Minden - Ely - Parowan - Cedar City -
Driggs

Tehachapi - Ely - Parowan - Durango -
Teluride - Salida - Owl Canyon

On Nov 9, 5:28*am, nimbusgb wrote:
I am looking to compile a list of 'The Ultimate Soaring Adventures'.
I'd
appreciate any input from the forum on what they see as the pinnacle
of
soaring whether it is a 1000km task, flying New Zealands wave or some
other goal that may be beyond the day-to-day pilots reach.

I'll put up a list on a website once I get some input.

There is only ONE ultimate challenge... 1000K in a Grunau Baby!!

Ok maybe two, I left out getting me in a PW5 again.

Al

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There is only ONE ultimate challenge... 1000K in a Grunau Baby!!

Ok maybe two, I left out getting me in a PW5 again.

What about 50k in a primary?

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Surfer!

I'm reminded that it's been suggested that a non stop flight from
California via wave to the front range of CO could then hook up with
plains thermals for a landing in the midwest.

Another great soaring experience (which might be required on the above
mentioned flight) is to spend a night parked in wave. While in NZ I
heard talk of an ultimate distance flight where a long north and south
island wave flight would be followed the next day by a repeat
performance after spending the night parked at altitude somewhere in
range of a nice lighted airport. Can you imagine anything more like a
flight in a Gemini spacecraft? Fantastic.

My original list that I call my "Seven Tasks" a

Wave XC (Sierra, Andes and NZ), Sierra only done
Appalachian ridge run XC
The Morning Glory
The Grand Canyon (done)
The Alps (done)
Namibia
Santa Barbara diamond climb in wave from near sea level

and I've recently added 1000Km straight out from Williams, California

Kemp

One of the adventures I'd like to try is the flight described in John
Joss' book "Sierra, Sierra" from Port Angeles, Washington to Yuma,
Arizona.

Hopping the wave from Mount Olympus to Ranier, Adams, Hood, Jefferson,
Sisters, Diamond, Scott (Crater Lake), McLaughlin, Shasta, Lassen, and
onto the Eastern edge of the Sierras. Maximum altitude climb at
Whitney and downwind glide into Arizona.

From the northern border of the US to the southern. Start at Sunrise
and end at dusk.