Crestline Soaring Society

Arrived at launch at 11:00. Blowing in consistently. Took our time setting up as back flag was also giving good indication. 12:00 first paraglider took off. Conditions were weak and he struggled low in front of the E for several minutes before coring a flight saving thermal. About 12:20 back flag began to show signs of a blow down. Launch winds began to diminish and started cycling.
Everyone began suiting up. First hangglider (Mike Harper in his saturn) launched around 12:30. Mike launched into a nice cycle that allowed him to work the house thermal and climb above launch.
The rest of us followed shortly thereafter. Thermal conditions were weak and four of us were low at the E together. I got there first and was able to core up high enough to stay out of the fray.
Other three sledded to new LZ. Saw paraglider starting to climb behind launch so I gambled and left the weak lift I was in.
Found a solid core and climbed to 4000. Paragliders had climbed to about 1000 above me. My two fellow hanggies were struggling below me. Saw Mike Quinn doing well on his pantie behind the ranches so I started over and found strong lift climbing to 7600. After what seemed long time Mickey and Mike Harper climbed up to my altitude.
We flew with our fellow Eteamers (Dave Biddle and Jim Gray) who were piloting sailplanes this day. Made my first landing at about 2:30 in Everdays LZ. Everyday spiraled down and showed me wind direction. Conditions were excellent for landing. Setup high and stayed just behind the adjacent street (Hayes). Landing was perfect and my fellow pilots gave me pat on back and fresh toilet paper. Hoorah! no longer a virgin.