SAFA Skysailor Magazine

11 September | October 2022 SKY SAILOR racing wings fall out of the sky when they even see drops of water, my Scala definitely doesn’t. In the evening, Ross and Jesse dried my shoes and backpack in a tumble dryer. Day 3 – Rough day, bad timing First, we hiked up the mountain which was in cloud, because we believed it would open soon. However, we ended up above a thick layer of clouds covering the whole valley. It didn’t stop another athlete from taking off, but its against the rules and simply unfair towards athletes who decided to hike instead. Richie, Nico and myself first waited, then hiked down to cloudbase and flew from there. After slope landing, I hiked to Accous take- off which was just starting to work, though still low. Some flew out and landed in the valley, I tried harder and farther, but it was very slow progress and ended up with a dodgy landing in rotor. It’s moments like this I truly appreci- ate my Scala. All this put me at the edge of airspace just when the day opened and I spent the best part of it hiking into Spain. Very frustrating, after 2.5 days of awful weather – finally a great flyable afternoon and I’m grounded while Left to right: In-flight over the Pyrenees The X-Pyr competitors The world at my feet Photos: Kinga Masztalerz