- Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:35 pm
#401778
Had a good year of flying !
For being a Washington hang glider pilot you’d think I’d have flown some of the state’s (and even the world’s) best sites located here. But, I’ve only ventured west of the Columbia River to do some pioneering and exploring (Flagstaff Mtn, Franson Peak, Little Vulcan Mtn, Mt Leona, Slim Pickens, Pothole Canyon and Boot Mtn – all N of Chelan and W of the Columbia River). I’ve yet to fly world famous Chelan Butte due to my eagerness to rather be pioneering new sites or trying out sites not flown since - who knows when??? This September I finally flew on the west side of the Cascades with west side local pilot Jimmy Culler. We flew both Black Mtn and Penthouse (near Mt Baker and Whitehorse Mtn respectively). Wow! Those two sites are awesome! While the snow falls this AM I finally got around to crunching my GoPro video from flying Black Mtn and put together a movie. Hope you enjoy it! Spectacular views! Maybe I’ll get around to flying Chelan, Dog Mtn, Blanchard and Rampart in 2018 Black Mountain is located darn close to British Columbia. I wasn’t sure just how close so I did not venture far to the north along the ridge we flew. Too bad countries are not colored like they are on maps ;-)
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePBxaObiQZ8
Here are the flight’s stats:
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/1716650
For being a Washington hang glider pilot you’d think I’d have flown some of the state’s (and even the world’s) best sites located here. But, I’ve only ventured west of the Columbia River to do some pioneering and exploring (Flagstaff Mtn, Franson Peak, Little Vulcan Mtn, Mt Leona, Slim Pickens, Pothole Canyon and Boot Mtn – all N of Chelan and W of the Columbia River). I’ve yet to fly world famous Chelan Butte due to my eagerness to rather be pioneering new sites or trying out sites not flown since - who knows when??? This September I finally flew on the west side of the Cascades with west side local pilot Jimmy Culler. We flew both Black Mtn and Penthouse (near Mt Baker and Whitehorse Mtn respectively). Wow! Those two sites are awesome! While the snow falls this AM I finally got around to crunching my GoPro video from flying Black Mtn and put together a movie. Hope you enjoy it! Spectacular views! Maybe I’ll get around to flying Chelan, Dog Mtn, Blanchard and Rampart in 2018 Black Mountain is located darn close to British Columbia. I wasn’t sure just how close so I did not venture far to the north along the ridge we flew. Too bad countries are not colored like they are on maps ;-)
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePBxaObiQZ8
Here are the flight’s stats:
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/1716650
Steve Baran � U2 160 � Chattaroy, WA - USA � USHPA# 16529 � www.centeroflift.org