Day 5: Long flight today. I landed after 5 hours in the air. The
task was an out and return with an extra turnpoint. I took the early launch and
got in the main gaggle...for a little while anyway. We all topped out in the
start and went on a long glide upwind to get repositioned before the first start
clock but we didn't hit any lift for a long time. I ended up near the bottom of
the stack in 200fpm and when the others went on glide I was still too low to
feel like chasing them. I ended up taking the second start from around 5000'with
Davis Straub and Greg L Dinauer. We glided out over Casa Grande and hit a climb
that wasn't too great and Davis left shortly after. I stayed and climbed with JD
and Greg. This was slow and it allowed the guys from the 3rd clock to catch up.

I joined a gaggle that had Jeff Bohl and Alfredo Grey in it and we flew together
for a long time. I headed for the Casa Grande mountain and was sinking like a
stone until I saw Kraig Coomber climbing just ahead of me. That climb eventually
got us over 7k. We tagged the first turnpoint and were on our way to the second
when we joined another group that included Ryan Voight and Zac Majors (who had
taken the 4th start). I kept coming in low after every glide (maybe something to
do with my harness lol) So I had to climb as fast as I could and then leave
early if I wanted to keep up with the group.

After I tagged the second turnpoint and turned around to come back I saw Jim
Weitman and Jonny Durand and went over to join them. Jonny left soon after and
Jim and I followed. I don't remember what happened after that but I ended up
flying with Jeff and Greg and Oyvind. We tagged the third turnpoint and headed
for the Casa Grande mountain but we were low. I spotted Olav climbing before the
mountain and was able to get there and climb enough to get to the mountain. I
couldn't find a good climb from the mountain and left on glide at 4400'. I
glided to the deck and landed 6km short of goal. A very enjoyable flight.