This year has been great at Villa. There have been a few times I've driven up to launch and didn't fly. But everytime I ran off that rock this year I've soared. It's been a great spring and early summer and Villa has delivered BIG!
Did a short XC almost to Crestone but couldn't get around the corner at MT Gibson to the Crestone Bowl. After flying back several miles it was clear I wasn't going to make it back to Villa and comitted to landing out. I came out over the San Luis Valley to what looked like a road from above but turned out to be two tire tracks through the desert. Landing conditions were good and I landed and parked my glider on a nice flat spot near the "road." The sun had set and I couldn't raise anyone on the radio and started to prepare a camp site under my glider when Grant F. saved the day. He responded to my radio transmissions and relayed my landing position to Larry at Villa who came and saved me from a long night in the desert. Sweeeeet!!
High over Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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- I grew up in Connecticut but I've been in Colorado since forever. I started hang gliding in 1976 which peaked my interest in weather. I attended Metropolitan State University in Denver and received a degree in Atmospheric Science. Shortly after I accepted a position as a research scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder. I met Susan while working at NOAA and we were married in 1986. She claims I married her for her truck (I did weld glider racks on it). We moved to Sugarloaf Mountain west of Boulder in 1992. I took a break from Hang Gliding in the early 90's after the death of close friend, but then returned some years later. We've since moved to Salida, Colorado near the Villa Grove flying site.
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