The second event of the 2016 PWC season has come to a close after 2 valid tasks in less than ideal conditions around Gemona Italy.
OZONE team newcomer Hernan Pitocco had this to say of the race:
“After the first task of 87 km, a canceled day and a few rainy days our last chance to fly was on Friday. We got to launch and the clouds were 300 meters below it so we waited for three hours until we got the window to set a 68 km task.
The sky was completely covered, so at the start everybody was at cloud base flying near the start point cylinder. I kept a good position and had a great start.
In the beginning nothing looked clear to me, the day was cold and the lift was light and broken. At this point I thought nobody was going to make it to goal, so on the way to the first waypoint I got into my conservative mode and decided to fly patiently ( don’t attack, don’t attack…).
A big group decided to take a line to the south east toward the coast looking for the first sun light that …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders