mark selner wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:06 pmlooked good ....need to turn in the lift....
Campers,
That is often (but not always) a good way to handle turbulence. Sometimes the best (and smoothest) air on a rowdy day is inside the thermals. You do not need to banked up, cranked up, and clawing for altitude just because you are in a nice thermal. You can also (instead) be cruising upward in nice(r) air,
not seeking the strong core, and just enjoying the ride. When you do finally leave the thermal, you may find that the air is rather reasonable, higher up. If not, you can always find a nice column of sinking air and core that sink back down, if need be. It's more likely that you can have a fine high flight, while other pilots are getting kicked around the sky as they bee-line for the LZ, and wondering what you must be made of.
Next, I want to put in a plug here for some "go with the flow" flying strategy. I see a lot of pilots fighting to correct for every little bump. That's okay when you are working close to the hills, but once you are up in the clear, you can afford to just relax and let it flow. Relax the arms (maybe not the hands), and don't try to correct for each bump. It's likely the next left bump will cancel out the first right bump, and if it does not, just wait a bit and correct for two or three left bumps with one big course correction, instead of a lot of little corrections. You will be able to fly much longer without becoming exhausted by all the nervous inputs.
As always, your own judgment, not mine, should prevail on any given day. Just a thought, for your consideration.