Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>>
writes:

Into the wild: the odyssey goes on! Part b is starting where part
a has ended: in the clouds.

With 4,200 m cloudbase (13,800 ft) it was possible to cross Alpenhauptkamm, the
main alpine ridge, and to fly over to Italy. Like Ötzi the glacier mummy was
using the lowest gap 'Niederjoch' ('low gap') hiking from south to north 5,200
years ago, I was following the same geographic route to make my crossing quite
low over terrain (3,017m / 9,900ft).

After managing this important part of the task and flying along Schnalstal I had
one of my most exciting flying incidents. I mean meeting a golden eagle is quite
common when flying in the alps but this young fellow was checking me out just 2m
next to me flying under my right wing! And he even was not alone.

Video: https://vimeo.com/211195878

Track:
https://www.xcontest.org/2016/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/14.9.2016/12:09#fd=comment

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