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It was raining in Roldanillo at 6 AM on Thursday morning. Not a downpour, but a
soaking rain. The sky was completely gray as the cloud base was just above town.
The weather in the morning unfortunately set the tone for the day.

A light rain continued on and off with the low clouds and pilots weren't ready
to go up the hill until about ten o'clock, about two hours later than usual.
Some didn't want to go up at all as they had a hard time getting the cars down
the day before in the slippery mud of the road to launch. It is getting pretty
torn up from driving through it when the ground is soaked. It's just mud and
grass.

We head up and park the car a few hundred yards from the takeoff and walk up.
Daniel is already setup and a few other pilots are setting up. There are no cars
on top. Everyone has carried their gliders up.

The driver in a Grand Cherokee Jeep braves the road and makes it up on the
second try. He is the only one to make it without help. A Toyota Land Cruiser
uses its winch to make it the last 100 feet.

The sky dome is all gray, with the sun seen above it blotted out. There are no
shadows on the ground. There are wispy cu's below launch and mid level clouds
about in the valley. It doesn't look like much of a day. Mike is saying that he
will cancel the day. Daniel, on the task committee, says that we should fly as
there is no safety issue, and let GAP 2002 sort it out.

The task committee sets a 21 kilometer task. They must feel that the day is very
weak also. This proves to be a mistake as it confirms Mike's feeling that the
day is a crap shoot, and a poor day for flying a real task. What would have
happened if that had set a real task?

It is already late at the pilot briefing as Mike canceled the day. The sun has
been shining a bit more through the cirrus and there are more cu's, many
overhead blocking the sun and keeping it dark on launch. There is no sun shine
in the valley, but it is a lighter shade of gray.

A couple of pilots launch from the north steep side, but the winds starts coming
up the moderate slope side right in. There is no wind on the north side. While
the wind on the south side is not great it is much better than anything we have
seen since the first day on the north side and quite launchable.

A few pilots launch and get low out toward town, then a few more and Daniel
launches and heads north finding lift over the next ridge line. He then climbs
up and swoops over launch as if to say, "I told you so, Mike."

A few pilots out east over town get up and get quite high, soon there is sun
shine in the valley and after that on the mountain. The wind actually shifts to
west for the last pilot who was taking way too much time to get off the hill.

The sky turns blue and the day turns on and pilots find strong lift. It would
have been a good day for a long task.