Task 3 - pain road
Today was set more dificult task than yesterday.
Starting cilinder was set to two kilometer radius around Maguey and it was also turn point. Everybody was fighting at Crazy o gain as much altitude as can and I was one of te highest at start at about 3200m. At first turnpoint it got prety crowded and it was very dangerous all pilots fighting for altitude to go to valey on next tp. I had near two colisions with some jerk which I won't name here. From Maguey we went to back to Espina to gain more altitude to go to tp on the other side of valey. There we all came low int he lee side but most of us used it good and did two eights at lee ridge on good thermal and now we were squeezing thermals from all sides of mountain. Some thermaled on south side some on north and some atwest which was worst option. After accumulated height we had tp behind goal. Few pilots went same way back to Espina but most of us went to Penon wich was almost shortest way except start but was the best. First group was little ahead of me but I cought them at Penon where I strted thermaling very narrow 7ms climb. Here oher joined me and we went to the small humilis above us. From there we saw group that went acros start but they were low because that side of mountain does not give such good thermals and heights as at Crazy or Wall. We were at 3500m almost 1000m above others. We pushed te bar to big cumuli on te way. We were lucky and we cought good climbs to cumuli clouds so we could push hard. We went over goal to tp and back and now we had markers on the way back because second „lower“ group was coming this way. Some of them were fast enough and they joined us to last tp again in front of Espina in the valey. Here things started to be more complicated. I cought bad line and barely crossed to Penon and others went more right and with good height went over Crazy to tp. Here I jumped in lee at Crazy in search for some rocketbut all I got was turbulence. Now I had to cros to west side of Crazy to be on winward side. I saw pilots flying high to tp but I did not wanted to stay back soo I flew to the end oft he ridge and with tha height went to do it. Face wind took all of my height and at tp I was not more than 50 m above ground. I loosed my balst and started searching good some climb to save my self from landing there. Afther few turns in 1ms some pilots joined me but I knw that here around must be better thermal so in search I found downwind 4ms thermal an there I said by by to others thermaling that 1ms. Now I was back in te game because first ones stuck at Crazy and I rushed to join them. I cought good thermal at lee side of ridge in fron of Crazy and jumped behind Penon. Now I was thermaling again with first group decent climb. They all left out thremal at 3100m and went for the goal but I stayed to 3400m to be sure that I won't do same mstake as yesterday and be shor 1k. To goal I again took bad line and pilots who went with me to goal and whch flew on the right side all came 400m above me. F… I was lucky that I thermaled enought to make it. I was at about 35.place maybe 3 minutes behind winner. It was good task and very difficult. I had problems with my back so I was flyind two hours in big pain and I was thinking to quit but I made it today.









