Soaring over Long's Peak - full flight

A 2.5 hour solo flight in the ASK21 sailplane, including the tow from Boulder Airport through to the landing.
2:08 Call back as a result of accidental call to 911*
7:00 Takeoff - field elevation 5300'
16:45 Release from tow at 8200'
18:10 Two hawks at 11 o'clock high, first thermal 8100'
27:30 Top out at 10,800'
36:25 Set out west at 10,200'
38:10 Weak thermal from 9900' to 10,100' fall out and search
45:30 Set out south at 9600'
53:15 Catch strong thermal at 7900'
1:08:30 Top out at 11,700' and set out west
1:16:15 Strong thermal near Gold Lake at 10,300'
1:27:30 Set out west at 14,500'
1:28:50 Thermal at 14,400'
1:42:30 Set out NE towards Long's Peak at 17,800'
1:46:15 Thermal at 17,200'
1:48:00 Set out over Long's at 17,990'
1:50:45 Close to and over Long's at 17,000'
1:53:45 Thermal search NW of Long's at 16,300', down to 15,500', then up to
1:57:20 Good views of the Continental Divide and the peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park
2:08:00 Set out at 17,900' to cross back over Long's NE side over the Diamond wall
2:09:10 Circle the Diamond and start back south
2:16:20 Thermal at 16,000'
2:20:00 Set out SE towards the Flatirons at 17,500', follow lift line under clouds
2:24:00 Staying to the left of curtain clouds after turning south
2:29:30 two swooping s-turns
2:36:45 Turn over Eldorado Canyon and head back for passes over the Flatirons - 11,000'
2:43:30 Flatirons lower pass and head back to airfield at 8300'
2:49:30 Enter pattern for landing
2:51:10 Final leg and landing (extreme sink pushed me low over the lake!)
*from 2:08 Yes, when I was setting up my phone a minute earlier, I accidentally called 911 Emergency, and hung up. They called me right back and my phone made a crazy beeping noise, and I had to tell them it was a false alarm.
Here's the trace: www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0...

[@schloemo]

Awesome video. Wish I could do that. Thanks for sharing.

[@anasteriansunstrider9624]

is that a parachute on your back ?

[@greggdavis]

Yes! Glider pilots wear parachutes in the unlikely case of a catastrophic failure in the glider or other issue, where we could bail out and survive.