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Wind vs Sun
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Working hard at Jouere
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Not much to report today. A north-westerly wind made it easy
to stay on Gache but it also produce thermals that were not what you could
call user friendly. We had to work hard with the traditional thermal sources
(ie the south-facing rock slopes) to make progress but it was only after
three hours that the surface heating eventually overcame the north-westerly
allowing us to reach the parcours.
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The more experienced locals did rather better, reaching the
Briancon area, but given the time of day we were happy enough to stay on or
near the parcours brushing up on some technique. Traffic was dense, however;
our Flarm kept banging off every few minutes as yet another glider
approached - we saw most of them but one or two came as a bit of a surprise.
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Near Marcoux
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Cloudbase eventually reached 10,000ft so the glide home was a
very smooth and stress-free affair. There was just enough time at the end of
the day to give Janice, our other paragliding house-guest, a run up and down
the Gache and a brief, though unsuccessful, search for some wave.
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La Blanche
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