Author: X-Pyr

The start in the day was not the most pleasent thing. We slept in, to give my feet and knee a little more rest. Then, a climb through thick fog and a wet forest allowed the limbs to warm up a bit. We found a take-off which was just below cloudbase and allowed a flight in to the LZ of Accous. After a break to discuss strategy, I decided to take the route through the high mountains. Walking uphill works great, but flats and downhill are killing my foot-ligaments, so it was the obvious choice. A nice hike of 1800m allowed to reach the sun above the clouds and take off at Col Lardi. Conditions were on, so i could fly just to the entrance of the tunnel to Canfranc. There I teamed up with Cedar Wright, and we had a blast to reach the take-off above Canfranc. 

Finally, spanish air. From Canfranc, I flew with Cedar quite a while, then our ways separeted. I took a risky option and nearly got stuck in the valley wind. Thankfull, the Westwind was pushing through also in the lowest layers, so I had en epic das evening flight just to the foot of Pena Montanesa. 

It will take a while until my supporter catch up, but it was totally worth it 🙂

Today, already rested from yesterday’s 73kms, I got up with more spirit and ready to fly more than to walk, and it wasn’t so bad.

I was able to make three flights today, the first one from the Vallée d’aspé, a second flight in which I made the TP2 beacon of Acouss, taking off from the upper take-off and I was able to take off quite a few kilometres, flying inside the gorge because everything there was to climb was very weak and you don’t dare with those conditions to try much, always having good landings in sight and after this flight we are heading south. 

The third flight took off from the ski resort of Astún and achieved a good flight that took me to the foot of Peña Montañesa, which is the TP3.

Very happy today and excited to start the fourth day of the race.

Let’s go!