Owens Valley XC: Mazourka to Lone Pine (May 2021)

[@nevillem668]

Impressive launch & landing 👍

[@snakedike]

Tough landing conditions. Nicely done.

[@pressleycaliforniacustoms9526]

Fantastic flight 👍🤘

[@Highrockman]

Nice landing!! nice video!!

[@borism7050]

Pulled that landing off nicely

[@chrisfarb]

That's a vast, lonely, treacherous, yet beautiful place to fly.

[@zayamichael]

Wow it’s one of those run your ass off launches!

[@sohamhanggliding]

Yeah, the slope is shallow so even though the thermic cycle was over 10mph, it took a lot of steps to take off with power to make sure I don't come down on the sharp rocks

[@zayamichael]

Respect!

[@Hangglide]

How come there is no wind at the Long Pine airport? Usually there should be some kind of prevailing wind at the airport, right? What time did you land?

[@efromhb]

Looks like afternoon time and prevailing winds aren't guaranteed.

[@sohamhanggliding]

Yeah, even though the usual wind in Owens valley summers is southerly, this particular week the wind was light and switchy. Weather not being fully predictable makes flying more interesting!

[@manometre]

👍👍👍

[@Mike-01234]

How big of an oxygen tank do you need on something like this?

[@sohamhanggliding]

We usually fly with a 113 liter tank that’s less than a foot long. Lasts for a 5-6 hour flight and we’re occasionally below 10K ft where we don’t need the oxygen.