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4-Part Video of a Sunday's 69-Mile Flight from Marshall Peak

http://www.youtube.com/user/NMERider#grid/user/201A25D0DB73055D

On Sunday I flew a 69-Mile triangle from Marshall Peak, 33.9 miles end-to-end and 5 miles deep. The video shows launching from Marshall Peak then Owen joins me for a few turns until he goes off on a different XC league route. I climb out over the Crestline cut-off then head for Pine Flats. From there I head straight across the Cajon pass with modest altitude. I arrive at the East end of the Cucamonga Peak/Mt. Baldy spine and spend a considerable amount of time and energy scratching my way up along many different bowls, knobs and spines until I nearly climb even with 8,800' Cucamonga but not quite.