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By the fourth day, we were getting pretty confident:        AlBefore.jpg (967308 bytes)

 

Then Al got waked by a tandem on approach to the LZ after a two hour flight. swissBapa2000.jpg (107599 bytes) This resulted in a broken arm, and was just in time for a horde of fellow BAPA pilots to show up and raze him. (Lee)

 

 

 

 

 

With Al out with a broken arm, it was time for Steve Pavon to show up, and he did: Pavon.jpg (322289 bytes)

 

We carried on, getting weathered out a day or two, but mostly flying and learning to treat a paraglider as a touring vehicle.Crowded.jpg (784974 bytes) The air could get a bit crowded on the weekend, but during

 

the week, we had a lot of space       AlpsieglAcross2.jpg (488431 bytes)

 

and we learned to cross the valley in the afternoon to pick up the lift on the Alpsiegl

                                       Cliffs.jpg (790391 bytes)

 

and get up close and personal with the cliffs.

                                                                        UpClose.jpg (885630 bytes) 

 

Once close, you could ride right on up to the top:

            OnTop.jpg (805206 bytes)

The views as you worked the edge of these cliffs were incredible: LXView2.jpg (743931 bytes)

Additional adventures were had by some:

DaveHeli.jpg (1163034 bytes)

But most of use were content to get back to the LZ the regular way:  LZfromAir.jpg (931293 bytes)

 

Finally, we had to take our last look from the LZ before we left

with a promise to return:  LZView1.jpg (871439 bytes)

A most excellent adventure!