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Chris Grantham
Saturday, 2/4/12

Nuthouse to the T
Straight Line Distance from the Nuthouse Launch to Landing ~ 27 miles

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That was a once every 5 years kind of day! I've never been through the pass in that direction, and certainly never been through higher than about 4500. I was next to last off launch, just after watching Truax and Pipkin grovel for every inch. I had no such problems and went to 6500 right over launch in some of the strongest air I've ever experienced in Ojai. Drift took me over 33 but had a relatively sinky glide to Whiteledge right behind Truax. Upon arrival at the back peak I was promptly hovered to 7600. The lift below 5500 was especially ratty but above was buttery smooth. The view from the top was spectacular and we all wished we'd brought cameras. Relatively easy glides from there to Alternator though the altitudes certainly decreased to a point where we were bopping along between 5 and 6. Still considerably better than we usually get going the other direction. Flight times were very quick given how long the SB-Ojai run usually takes but I was pretty tired of slamming into 1000+ up in unexpected places and decided to flush to the T. Truax had minimal luck past 154 so that didn't look promising and going back to Carp was going to be painful. The T was extremely buoyant and I spent nearly 30 minutes bouncing between 1700 and 2700.

Thanks to Robin and Pipkin for bringing vehicles from Ojai! We'd have never fit everyone in one car. It was great to see the Topa crew back in action, in Ojai, goin' huge, as usual!