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Tom Pipkin
Saturday, 2/4/12

Nuthouse Fizzle

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Nice flight and great retrive story Bo! Hats off to the 5 Topa pilots that went long from the Nuthouse. They really hit one out of the park.

My less than stellar flight turned into a 15-20 minute scratch fest with sundowner. He and I yo yo'd between 500' over to 100' below launch. On our third flush, SD turned towards the middle of the canyon to the S.E while I fished around out front. By the time SD connected I was too low to join him. I dug my nails in but eventually flushed to the Nuthouse parking lot for a soft landing.

Only my 3rd mountain flight in the last year, but all in all, it was a fun adventure with old friends.

Tom Pipkin