Sad news. A glider crashed in the Omarama saddle area
and the pilot was killed.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3154669a11,00.html

No witnesses, although the nearby contest was tasked through the area.
A contest pilot found the wreckage and called a mayday. That's the
second mayday I've heard, and I hope I never hear another.

From the little that is known, speculation is that he spun in.

Be careful.

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Philip Plane _____ philip @ xinqu.net
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Glider pilots have no visible means of support