Belinda and I are at Mike Glennon's house in Cali, Colombia. Mike
is at the airport picking up the Brazilians.

https://airtribune.com/hp2017/pilots

Pete Lehmann, Dustin Martin and I are the only Americans who are attending.
There are six Mexicans, three Brazilians, three Ecuadorians, and many
Colombians.

This is the third year that the competition has been held at Santa Elena, Pie de
Chinche, northeast of Cali about an hour.

https://airtribune.com/hp2017/info/details__info

Launch is on the eastern foothills facing west and into the prevailing winds
when, as there always seems to be, an on shore flow from the Pacific Ocean to
the west. The previous launches at Roldanillo (where there is currently a large
scale paragliding competition -
https://airtribune.com/roldanillo_2017/info) are on the western side of the
valley facing east and prone to downwind launch conditions, which doesn't seem
to affect paragliding.

I have launched once previously from the eastern side of the valley (Valle del
Cauca) and very much appreciate having wind in my face when launching.