A Weekend with the O'Connors

Last weekend, I drove to Lake Don Pedro for a two day SIV clinic in order to prep up for the Valle de Bravo trip starting this Wednesday.

Six people showed up Saturday and five on Sunday. Those of us who stayed both days received a total of seven tows to 2200ft AGL. After meeting up, we grabbed our gear and took a 20 minute boat ride to an optimally situated Island on Lake Don Pedro.

My impressions of the clinic: It was the shit! It was great-- the weather was stellar, the organization was fine tuned and the O'Connor's had their shit together.

I got to wang my Trango 3 hard, experienced a couple Full Stalls and was giving the experience to work out two cravates at the same time-- on each wing tip --after one interesting full stall exit. I'm told that while performing full stall on high aspect gliders, cravates can occur after the glider exits; one way to mitigate the cravate issue is to let up a bit during a full stall so the tips straighten out a bit. Good times!

Here's several pictures taken during last weekend.