Wilfried sent me these three pics in a 21 meg file which took me for ever to download. However the muttering under my breath tapered off when I saw these astounding pics. Just feast your eyes on these!!!K2 at Mount Wheeler Nevada.
The photo was taken in June 2006 by Holger Weitzel during a 1000km flight which we team flew. Mt Wheeler is located 40 miles East of Ely Nevada and is~ 13000' high. Nevada is a paradise for Glider pilots.There are lots of Mountains and we cruise most of the time between 12000-17000'. Thermal strength is between 800-1400fpm. From our base "Ely" I flew this year alone 6 flights over 800km the longest being 1190 km.
The next photos were taken a few weeks ago (end of August) by Holger Weitzel, a friend from Germany who visited the USA and Canada with his ASW 26E. We left SOSA in marginal conditions, flew via Hagerstown to Niagara, where conditions improved a lot. The Photo was taken at ~ 6500' . Soaring conditions at the Peninsular are often outstanding and this was one of many flights I enjoyed over this territory. There a lots of Airports on the road to Niagara and going in this direction can be lots of fun
