I nearly was in need of finding...
When I took off, the weather was fine and I was nearing the Glacier Research Station. But at FL140 I was high enough to press on. The weather took me over Mount Camber and Mount Otter when it started closing in. Cloud, snow,turbulence - it was all there.
Thank heavens for GPS and moving maps - there were times when I knew I was in a valley, but the "walls" were just out of sight. There was much struggling along windward slopes trying to get some extra inches. Stewart was behind and Bowser lake ahead with the wind more from a southerly direction. Scraping every inch of lift from every ridge possible means flying within touching distance at times. Finally I spotted frozen river-like terrain under me - it was indeed the estuary of the river that feed Bowser Lake. Loosing height over the water landing I looped round to come into wind for landing. You can bet your bottom that they were surprised to see a hang glider appear out of the crab-soup.
Mind you, the weather had the last laugh. No sooner did I unzip the bag and drop my legs, than I was flying backwards. 25 Kts on the nose and landing speed for a hang glider = backwards. So it was a case of a swift "tuck up", push on over the runway and legs down at the last possible minute.
OI! I said "TUCK up" (mind you... it was... I should have anticipated the weather...)
Total time of flight - 5.8 hours from Daredevils' Roost to Bowser Lake. Phew!
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