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Aaron LaPlante
Saturday, 2/4/12

The Alternator to The Factory to Goleta

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oh schnap! saturday was crackin!!

WOW! one of those perfect sb blue days! met up with a half full(huhhh!) fly above all van at the t?? lift off at altenator after bo and rich, and hung a left ridge soaring over to the peak. lift everywhere and mid 4s seemed the norm. tagged thermal factory with bo and turned around. didnt turn much with the sweet tailwind. hung out at painted cave with jah lyon for a while and watched bo creep around the back on the deep knapps route. got to 4300, saw some smoke in the pass and it wasnt doing much of anything so pointed my toes and went on glide to the west. that camino cielo section to lizards mouth was excitingly flat and it took a long time milking each part. got to lizards mouth and got stuck there the rest of my flight. climbed just to the top of the rocks more then several times but couldnt gain anymore. watched hammer fly to santa ynez peak and back. everytime i hit 3400 i lost it all quick in wind and no lift. bo came in over my head, gained a few hundred and kept on going. he got high at santa ynez and went otb for a golf course landing in solvang(frickin albatross)..i finally flushed off low of lizards mouth and put it down as close to the mountains as i could to stay out of the airspace. nice ridge to land on and walked to storke road for easy retrieve.

peeps were high everywhere, and i think 4 or 5 came over from the nuthouse!! wow!! stories please!! good times!!