Alfred and Marcus German pilots. And Cecilie from Norway.

We had thunder this afternoon, inland, hail and rain, heavy cloudformations, and still 30 degrees celsius. I can know as I was caught on my Vespa visiting my buddy Juan Pedro. Juan Pedro takes his BMW off road motorbike through Morocco once in a while, is one of our better paraglider pilots, and is one of the first hangglider pilots who started flying early eighties, and does trialbike tracks every other weekend. He is also a climber and a hiker. And he is injured, he tore his ligaments and ripped his meniscus.

How ? Stepping off his van during work.... Damn. Feel sorry for this so active man, to be grounded. So the only thing we can do is visit no ?

But you want to know if we flew. Well told yo already we had thunderstorms inland. But this is Alicante, so the sun is strong and later on it all got smoother. We hiked up to Hondon de las Nieves and had some flying on the eastern faces of the ridges. Not the best, as Marcus unfortunately bummed out and had a walkabout of about 6 km in the heat. But hey exercise, we all need it.

Hondon is not a place where you meet other pilots. Last years I have been flying with my guests there alone. Only maybe once or twice I met a local pilot from the nearby village who soares above his house. But he is to be thanked for cleaning the take offs (we have two) and putting down a net, taking care of our precious gliders. Thanks.

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Bottom foto from Yelmo this year. 10th edition and again a huge succes.

Raul Rodriguez, after Eddy Merckx my ultimate hero. No bullshit, just doing it, no poses, just loving it.