Gary Solomon <<gary>>
writes:

My friend Kris finished first in the two big online cross country
competitions for the year 2012.

http://www.xcontest.org/2012/world/en/ranking-hg-open/

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/getScoring.html?scoringId=319

He was pretty aggressive this year, taking time off work when the weather looked
good. We had a hot dry summer, and of course, he flew really well.

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_midwest.htm