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The wind at the top is actually blowing cross to the launch from the west, although it was basically showing straight in a few seconds earlier. The telltales down below are showing a light breeze coming in.

Earlier Nene Rotor launched by picking up his glider about a foot off the ground and as he picked it up he ran bending down and running horizontally. I run vertically. I pick up the glider, put in on my shoulders, make sure that I am standing straight, pull my shoulders back to get the glider as high as possible off the ground, pull in the bar and check is against my legs to see that the nose is in the proper position.

I wish I would lean through the control frame, but I don't. I could pull the nose in further for more pitch control, but even with the nose at the pitch that it is at I run the length of the carpet and then some. I keep my hands in the grapevine grip the whole way until well away from the hill.

I saw a pilot launch starting with the bottle grip and running that way the whole way. He did fine. I hope to have more launch examples soon.

Photos by Katie, our driver.