wrote:
Shawn Knickerbocker wrote:

Good information & discussion...It is not as hard as
someone can make it...

A Cu under development has no downdrafts..it
has all up drafts...the only cloud that starts to produce
the downdrafts are a Cb..and for myself...I am long gone!

Alot is needed to conduct cloud flying...hard to put
it to pen here...


I cannot think of any good reason to intentally fly IMC in a glider.
Can you?


Assuming you'll accept a comment from someone other than Shawn: how
about, "...for altitude/distance?" A concept somewhat foreign to my own
soaring, admittedly, but I'm working on it -- outside of clouds for the
time being.

If you tell me you've never wanted to let a working cumulus carry you
higher, much higher, I'll be tempted to call you a liar -- of course, I
wouldn't do that -- but I might wonder whether you had any, um,
fundamental motivation -- yeah, that's it.


Jack