Well, we try not to land on top of the mountains, but 300K tasks are rather
routine here in New Mexico. So we just try to fly farther...


"son_of_flubber" wrote in message
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I fly in New England and staying up in the air is challenging on the
majority of "flyable days". Every so often, we get a booming day (like
today) and I commonly end up saying (and I hear other pilots saying), "It
was so easy to stay up, I got bored."

So what happens when a pilot who is used to scrapping for lift goes to the
land of big, strong, and reliable thermals? Does the pilot get bored? Or
does the pilot find other challenges to keep things interesting (like flying
300 km tasks and landing out on top of mountains).