We are announcing the Hombres Pajaro Colombia 2016 meet in
Colombia, for the 9th till the 16th of January 2016. It will be held at the
same launch we used last year “Piedechinche” which is in the same valley as the
now famous Roldanillo site, only about 80 kilometers south of Roldanillo. This
launch is great as we have plenty of room for gliders, it is 1,180 meters above
the valley and the wind blows in all day long (as opposed to Roldanillo which
has a afternoon tail wind which sometimes doesn't allow us to fly although the
day may be classic).
It is important to mention that we have the most spectacular conditions to fly
and compete in hang gliders here in the Cauca Valley, the conditions are always
good, no problems with strong winds or strong turbulence, we have a huge valley
full of large and easy landing areas. We normally have tasks in the 100 km
average length for the Open class and 40/50 kms for the Sport class. We will be
using the Airtribune services for the comp which I also hope to have organized
by the end of this week.
We have a great hotel where we all stayed last year, that has a big pool, good
restaurant and is only about 25 minutes from launch. Most of the tasks will end
up at a goal, that is a huge (really huge) field only 800 meters from the hotel.
The hotel has air-conditioned rooms, hot water cable TV with flat screen TVs in
each room and the cost is only approx US$20 a night per person, which includes a
huge breakfast. You can easily have a good lunch and dinner for US$10 a day.
I will be taking care of the FAI certification this week, announcing that we
will have both Open and Sport class in the event.
We are counting on a important International participation this year (as has
been in the six previous years) with 15 pilots from Mexico, 4 from Venezuela, 2
from Brazil, 4 from Ecuador, 6 from the USA whom have already confirmed they are
coming.
We will continue to send information about the meet as we get closer.
This is a short video that was made on a day of last years meet.
