SSA-OLC League scoring

[Mark628CA]

Holy Cow!

I thought the Formula 1 scoring was really neat, until the Moriarty
weather hammered us!

Saturday was windy, and a lot of our top dogs were heading out to the
Region 9 contest. Nobody flew. Sunday was the same- it was flyable, and
there were HUGE dust devils indicating big-ass lift. Unfortunately, I
was on Operations duty and had a hangover. I should have flown, but I
didn't. Nor did anyone else. As a result, we scored no points. After
winning the first three (or four) weekends, we took a big zero in the
points.

Congratulations to Warner Springs and Black Forest for taking over the
lead.

I doubt we can come back, but we'll keep trying!

Mark Mocho

[Mitch]

Uh oh, are the rumors true? Could Mitch be coming home soon to help
out? Would hate to have another pilot at Moriarty! Garret, congrats
on your weekend. Hope you enjoy IT.

[5Z]

Mark628CA wrote:
> Congratulations to Warner Springs and Black Forest for taking over the
> lead.

Thanks Mark.

We got blown out at BFSS on Sunday and Monday, and *almost* on
Saturday.

Saturday, 3 of us headed toward Salida in hopes of some "ridge soaring"
on the Sangre de Cristo ridge S of there. Instead, we found wave.
Unfortunately, none of us was smart enough to figure out how to use it
for a fast league speed. But it was fun going from rough 5-10 knot
thermals into sometimes better than 20 knot wave. For a while I was
cruising at 110+ KIAS and varios still indicating better thatn 10 knots
up.

Then I got greedy looking at a little cu S of La Veta pass, and spent
the rest of the flight doing some ridge work on the Wet Mountains and
again Pikes Peak.

-Tom