Can hang glider pilots get in 10:30 hours or more near the
equator? Can they launch at 6 AM and stay up?

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We were prepared, but the weather didn't behave according to the
forecast.

The first paraglider pilots launched before 6am already, and we arrived well
before 8am on take off, excited to go a long way. Well. Then the clouds arrived.
High cirrus, and the good looking type below them started spreading and shading
the whole area.

I decided to take off around 8am and wait in the air to see if it gets any
better. Not getting higher than 900m asl means crossing the plateau at barely
400m above it. Not appealing, specially as the lift was really unreliable. So
just some fun flying with friends and vultures, until some rain moved in from
the coast. Back to patience mode I guess.

It's normal that the big days don't happen so often. Ok, I have a bit of time
left. And there are some interesting characters here chasing the big flights.
Fun to listen to their stories! Stay tuned.