Flying inverted
Well, another Cape Gauntlet passes without score, this time not because our heartless scorer was hanging on to all the points, but more because the weather was upside down!
The strong inversion between 3500 and 4500 of 12C proved unbreakable on the day, and the significant upper air NW was unable to bring relief in the form of ridge lift to those lift challenged Gauntleteers.
There was still plenty of 'pre-season' practise to be had, though, and it certainly was testing to wander round the familiar hills a LOT LOWER than usual!
In the end, the OLC variant task was replaced with a pointless (as in no points on offer!) "last man standing" which was one won by the clear favourite in terms of sheer grit, determination and and staying power - Sven Olivier in EY with a time approaching 3.75 hours - awesome stuff, Sven. Now all we have to do is GO somewhere!
Only 3 more points opportunities this year - see you on 7 October for an 09h00 briefing.
The strong inversion between 3500 and 4500 of 12C proved unbreakable on the day, and the significant upper air NW was unable to bring relief in the form of ridge lift to those lift challenged Gauntleteers.
There was still plenty of 'pre-season' practise to be had, though, and it certainly was testing to wander round the familiar hills a LOT LOWER than usual!
In the end, the OLC variant task was replaced with a pointless (as in no points on offer!) "last man standing" which was one won by the clear favourite in terms of sheer grit, determination and and staying power - Sven Olivier in EY with a time approaching 3.75 hours - awesome stuff, Sven. Now all we have to do is GO somewhere!
Only 3 more points opportunities this year - see you on 7 October for an 09h00 briefing.
posted by CGC Reporter at 12:31 AM
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