Annecy Day 2 - Chasing a Dream!

Day two in Annecy started the same as the first: relaxing beautiful cool morning in Bluffy, totally clear skies and very stable conditions. We didn't launch Plan Fait till after 3 pm, and it was hard to get up at first, but by the time I reached the top of Dents Lanfon, One-Eye, Ike and FlyStrong were hot on my heels! Topping out at 6,809 feet, I started chasing my dreams, and off on the crossing to Le Parmelan I went...

Annecy Monkey Migration 2012 - Day 1

Perfect day to start with in Annecy - totally clear, no clouds, and hot-n-sunny! La Peste and I arrived at our chalet 12:30 pm, after a 3 hour drive from Dijon, to find Don and Yolie already settled in quite nicely next door to us and relaxing. We got Jim and Bill on the radio from the Col Forclaz MontMin launch, checking the site out after their arrival. I quickly unpacked and then Ike and I drove up to Plan Fait Launch, above Talliores by our place for our first flight of the Annecy Low Orbital Surveillance Team.

Last BBQ

One-eye came over for a last BBQ tonight, 5 days before I leave for France. We went over last thoughts of routes and fun to be had in Annecy! He also showed me how to get my flights online with Leonardo, so we all should be putting all our better flights up for the Hawaii Monkeys to track...

Five Monkeys in France

Mad Dog asked me to set up this blog for the Hawaii monkeys that will be paragliding in France starting next week. I look forward to seeing posts, pictures and videos from him as well as from Jim, Bill, Don and Berndt.