Carl Wallbank reports:

Day 1, they set a 138km up and down the milk run, conditions
look fantastic and I can't believe the task choice. Unfortunately one glider
tumbled at Dormilos and under an unsuccessfully deployed chute he came down
inverted behind the main Dormilos ridge in a pretty inaccessible area, despite
the chute not opening properly the glider, inverted and undamaged came down
slowly, to me anyway.

We couldn't see him move so a circled over him for a while, whilst trying to
make contact with ground crew and calling his position, unable to make contact
with ground crew. Phipsy landed to assist but not sure how close he could get,
and I got as high as possible to try and contact ground crew and relay messages.
Once Phipsy had made contact by phone I carried on coarse. With my day now
screwed I decided to go to the next suitable fields towards home and land.

This was the goal field at Thorham bass some 20km away. It was raining in that
valley when I get there "but the task is still running" so I didn't want to land
there. I got rained on a little trying to get into the St Andre valley were it
was also raining. We get up there and finish the coarse, but find rain again
before the last turn point. The task never got stopped till after 5 PM when the
thunder came. When we will learn!