scurry wrote:
wrote:

scurry wrote:

Ridge flying is practised currently *much* closer to the ridge than that, in
fact so close than not touching some tree is the real problem.

Carl Herold has stated he no longer does ridge soaring because
he finds it too dangerous. On the other hand, he has so many other
forms of lift available in the Sierras, I suspect this isn't
a problem

If you land with pine needles in your ailerons, you are
too close...
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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA