Jumping off Mountains 101 - Amakusa Area-X

from a distant summit we spied and geocoded a large patch of freshly-cut forest 'deep in the wilds' of the island where we live. one saturday morning before work, not really knowing what to expect, we bagged our gear and hiked up. the wind and air was not ideal: side wind, turbulence, cloud suck. while R caught a thermal for a 15-minute flight, conditions changed quickly and L experienced turbulence and cloud suck and struggled a bit to get down. we made quite a show for the local farmers who, as the case usually is, were pretty excited to see paragliders - for the first time in the flesh. we wonder how many times we can fly here before the takeoff is planted with trees.

R+Lの初めての山飛びでした。天草下島の内陸にある山の伐採地から飛び出して、下の谷の田んぼに降りました。その日のコンディションはちょっと荒れていたが、地形が良くて、かなりいいエリアを発見した。しかし、伐採地に木を植えると飛べなくなるかな。高度差320m、LDまでのL/D5:1、TOは西北西向き。サーマルリフトはたっぷり。周りは400mほどの山地だらけ。下島のどこでもまでのクロカンが出来そう。