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Old September 9th 13, 03:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Slip slidin' away.

On Sunday, September 8, 2013 9:06:17 PM UTC-4, Frank Whiteley wrote:

No barefooting at our glider port in Colorado, nor sandals. The little ball cactus are buggers and it's not rare to have someone hooking up the CG hook during winch launching kneel on one. They hide in the buffalo grass. It's been about five years since a visiting CAP member managed to get bit by a rattler, but he was tempting fate also.



Frank Whiteley


Yikes. Fires, cacti, and rattlesnakes. I guess the lift is worth it.
 




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