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Andy Dainsberg
Sunday, 11/4/12

EJ Bowl to Santa Paula Ridge ~36 miles
out to Sulfer Mountain and back to Nordhoff High School ~ 11 miles
Total Distance around 1 turn point ~ 47 miles

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by andy dainsberg » Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:54 pm

for me the day turned out much like it looked on paper - good lapse with a chance of NE high and especially late.

was quick off launch and had 49 at la cumbre easy. led east over the sb points to the powerlines with chris p. close. it was NE up top but lower it was SW .// noon was smokin and was the first clue that the pass would be pretty easy. -.. i pushed quarter bar for most of the glides, especially from noon and from divide. past whiteledge i had a nice lift sequence over the rack and bump 3(7k) and took the glide over to nord ridge. pimped of chris's thermal @ nord peak and clocked 8k. glided over to east repeater. had some variety thermaling- with chris and i climbing close @ the topas. at santa paula ridge the game changed dramatically with a huge NE component spilling in. Chris took a convergence south toward Santa Paula. i was kindof stuck- either wanting to proceed into rotor along sp ridge to make fillmore and/or landing at st. thomas aquinas in all that northeast or waiting for something to show up so i could follow chris. i spent at least 30 minutes just hovering between 58 and 62 @ santa paula ridge with no penny- finally found a nice pusher-took it SW over Sulpher Mountain in a decent convergence that led me back toward ojai with plenty of lift. fun to fly back along the other side of the valley i came up on, cruising up and back to ojai at @ 30-35mph. left Sulpher Mt above the dish - found an easy cruise over the valley back to the high school football field.

thanx jon b for retrieving us all! cracker found himself some more crazies!

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