Recovering from yesterday’s long haul I enjoyed breakfast at the Thirsty River Brewery. After catching up on my correspondences, I met up with Tamara & Nico for lunch.

Initially, I had written off flying today, but the weather started clearing up at noon. And how strong could the wind really be?

We took the gondola up to Kanin. Out definitely looked flyable! Nico and I launched and thermalled up to cloud base. We then set our sights on Polovnik. During the transition we started to feel wind.
Following that ridge forward against the wind was rather unpleasant, but I did manage to gain enough altitude to glide out over Ozben into the larger valley. That’s when the wind became impossibly strong. Pushing speed bar without making headway, I decided I’d had enough. Went in for a windy landing and walked back to Kobarid.

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