On Friday, February 15, 2013 8:06:58 AM UTC-7, wrote:
By the way, releasing at anything above 2,000' AGL should be considered bad form and only for sissies. If you can't climb up from that altitude, practice thermaling. Good luck!

Herb
Herb,
I am with Ramy one this one (Is one of the places Williams?). You are going to have to put alot of pilots on your Sissie girl list. The height of the tow has more to do with the location and type of flight than skill or machizmo. In Northern UT we get hit with Lake Effect and the valleys turn on much later than the ridges. One can be a stud and pop off at 1300 AGL at 2PM but if you are trying to get somewhere and launch at noon with water you will tow to the ridges (3000+) or you will be taking alot of practice tows.