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August 20, 2020: “Pummeling up Pustertal” [DAY 17]

par Rico Chandra | Août 20, 2020 | Rico's blog

I’m making headway. Flying was not pleasant today. Better than walking? All the while. After consulting with my buddy Nico, I trotted over to Trens and hiked up to a launch. The wind was fine, but I felt I’m too low, only 400 m above the valley. I felt my motivation...

August 19, 2020: “Challenges galore” [DAY 16]

par Rico Chandra | Août 19, 2020 | Rico's blog

I get up early and check the weather. It was supposed to be flyable but isn’t. A friendly shepherd takes me up to Timmelsjoch. 600 sheep in his care. Cloudbase is below the pass height, it’s cold, and it’s blowing across the pass to the south. 5 hPa pressure gradient,...

AUGUST 16, 2020: “Running the gauntlet to Sölden” [DAY 15]

par Rico Chandra | Août 17, 2020 | Rico's blog

Schönjoch sits at 2400 m asl above the massive Austrian ski resort of Fiss-Serfaus. I take the cable car up to get ready for an early start. Hefty thunderstorms have been forecast for the early afternoon. I launch and easily make some height, but not much. I make a go...

AUGUST 15, 2020: Austrian Headwind [DAY 14]

par Rico Chandra | Août 16, 2020 | Rico's blog

August 15, 2020: “Austrian Headwind” [DAY 14] Yesterday I called Simon and Pescha, to seek local guidance from guys who know the Oberengadin well. The launch I’m aiming for – Muntischè – will be exposed to the north-westerly pouring over the pass....

August 14, 2020: “Albula” [Day 13]

par Rico Chandra | Août 16, 2020 | Rico's blog

It was raining all morning. I used that to catch up on work – with a number of telephone conferences. Kind of surreal sitting on a bed in a hotel room in the mountains, wearing board shorts and a merino T-shirt discussing matters of nuclear security.Once the...

August 13, 2020: “Fear for breakfast, rain for dinner” [Day 12]

par Rico Chandra | Août 14, 2020 | Rico's blog

There’s something about not knowing where or how your day will end. Will it be in a hotel room? Or alone outdoors? Will be in a hospital? And there’s something disconcerting about knowing that between now and the end of the day you’ll be doing something you’re afraid...