We, up at Evergreen Soaring out of Seattle, WA., have a pilot that recently did something that is quite phenomenal. He crossed the Cascade Range, from the flats on the west side, to his crossing of the Columbia River on the East side....and came back home, all on the same flight. A true "double crossing" for us up here.
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=3632225

It's only been done once before, by Fred Hermanspan, circa 1985, prior to this (that we can think of.) Fred took off from Issaquah and went to Wenatchee and back in his Ka-6. Further to the south and in the I-90 corridor, the nature of that flight must have been somewhat different, though still epic!

At any rate, Ron has conjured up a truly exceptional flight, that I thought could be shared with some like-minded types. Though a higher-than-usual cloudbase day, it was his winter's planning and the realization of that goal that made it special for him.

There just aren't that many spots back there to land. I haven't gotten nearly back that far, but when I do squeak my way back a bit, I am just left in awe by the mountains and ridges and rocks and trees and lakes.

So kudos to Ron Clark and his LS3.
I pitty the fella that actually wants to win a local cross country challenge if Ron Clark is in the Grid.

Look at all of those pointy rocks!

~Travis
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