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http://www.shv-fsvl.ch/sport/resultate/delta/

Primoz wins day two. None of the Americans made goal.

US pilots land when conditions feel too dangerous.

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Soon, we all punched off in a building wind and were struggling with punchy lift
and low clouds toward the edge of the start cylinder. I got lucky with good
position at the start and began racing down the range with Zippy and several
others. Soon, the lift became extremely strong and turbulent with the glider
being pitched past 90 several times. Problem was that the lift was, at times,
quite close to the hill and it was hard to stay out of the clouds. Wire slaps
and holding on tight became the norm on the way to the first t-point. I grabbed
the t-point and started back up the range and into the wind.

Soon, I saw pilots start heading out into the valley and spiraling down to land.
The clouds were darkening and the wind was strong. Most impressive though was
the turbulence associated with the strong lift. At times, it was totally
reasonable but at times, I was quite concerned about the possibility of a
tumble. I must admit that memories of my tumble at King several years back were
on my mind.

After some battle, I was about 12 k's from the next T-point when James came on
the radio to let us know that Zippy had landed at the goal field and he was
going to do the same. They felt that the conditions were unsafe and made the
personal decision to land, feeling that the risk was not worth it considering
the Worlds are a couple of weeks away. I was climbing in punchy 1200 fpm and
after a good sized keel kick, considered doing the same. Derreck headed to the
field to join the team and I turned back down the valley thinking that I would
make the same choice.

On my way back, Dustin called a climb from behind that was out in the valley
and, although strong, was reasonably smooth in comparison. I flew over and took
a nice climb back to base and headed back on course (after a deep breath).
Leaving that climb was the worst turbulence of the day for me. I was alternately
losing 1200+ fpm and gaining 1200+ fpm from moment to moment and experienced
several wire slaps that had me pretty tight gripped. Soon, I agreed that I did
not feel it was worth it as the path to the T-point was dark and the wind seemed
to be getting stronger. There was a Northerly component which made it so we had
to fly into the lee of the range to get the t-point and my fear and doubt
eventually won out. I turned around and flew back to the field from almost
10,000' and landed in "sporty conditions". Dustin soon landed behind me along
with Gianpietro Zin, a very fast and talented pilot from France. We all agreed
that for us, it was a bit too much. Several pilots did make the course and made
goal with Primos winning the day. I felt good about our team's decision but I
admit, it stung when gliders started coming in from final.

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