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Jul 20

Written by: Jeff O'Brien
7/20/2009 2:17 PM 

Since arriving back stateside I've been a rolling stone without too much time for wrap up and reminiscence. Finally put together clips from the last days in France:

VIDEO HERE



The trip was obviously a high point to the year, but there was no sadness when it concluded. It's simply the segue from great times abroad to great times back "home". The party never stops.



Driving from Laragne to Dusseldorf via Chamonix was an adventure. We were packed like sardines among our gear with a pile of stuff atop the van. 3km from our destination in Dusseldorf, the autobahn cops stopped us. They were stern and gave us concern as they scrutinized our gear and weighed the vehicle with portable scales. Smiles and shit talk started after they mentioned it would only cost us 35 euro to be on our way. Oh and we'd have to throw stuff off the top of the van and come back for it. The coppers were just flexing their authority and caused us some hassle. No worries in the end.



We snuck off one more flight in Chamonix as a "team" minus Davis between rain storms. The view from take off just down valley from Chamonix looking over at Mont Blanc.

The four of us worked the lightest bubbles of lift right at launch height for almost an hour doing daisy chains around one another and strafing launch when possible. Finally, we all got up to cloud base against the face behind launch.



Click on the photo above. Shapiro about to enter the white room next to !!! Brings a smile to my face now. All HG pilots have had experiences like this. The ineffable ones.



The conditions turned on enough for us to branch out and see if we might be able to jump a valley and land in Chamonix. Dustin pushed deepest and had to land in a sloping rotor LZ with an angry land owner.

Zippy, Shapiro, and I were able to get back to the main LZ, each of us using the altitude for individual expression. Zippy took advantage by diving into the weeds upwind before using all his energy to zoom up, swoop downwind, turn 180 and land. The clip is in the video.



We were all amped up from our experience and continued the buzz by going through the pile of left over full wine bottles in the van. We had a serious shine on when we retrieved a stressed Dustin a valley away.



I've had my flying shoes since Australia in 2007. They've likely flown over 5000 air miles, and I chose to leave them on the windsock pole in the LZ. Not the most environmentally friendly thing to do, so I hope a local threw them in the trash eventually.

Airtime: 1:40. Flights:1.

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