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EXTREEEEEEEEEEEME.
Other than being afraid he could have been hurt, this was hysterical to watch. He was standing there safely on the ground, and the wind just ever so slowly picked up the left wing of the glider and gently rolled it onto its back. The amazing thing here is that he isn't hanging from his harness. He is hanging from his FOOT by choice because he didn't want to step on the glider. That's good for some SERIOUS style points.
"Brutal" (conditions) ! as my bavarian friends would say.
Luckily, I had a DHV 1 (1-2 with Speedbar) class glider this day.
Look at those flashy risers. Vintage (2001) style.
I made 55 km this crusing the valley and back in 2,5 hours . Top landed at take off.
My friend René did a 70 km round trip too. Breaking his own personal record.
We had a beer at the cottage where his vario confessed some +10 m/s climbs.
I then went back flying.
Speeding toward 'hill 2'
Some technical stuff: By applying an even pressure to the speedbar, the lines on the front risers are pulled down, decreasing the angle of attack of the wing, and thus making it fly faster. The trade off is that the rate of descent also increases, however the knack is to apply just so much as is needed, so that distance covered horizontally, outweighs the heigh loss and you reach your goal. In this case, the goal is the ridgeline directly ahead and right, about halfway up. Once reached, it is possible to soar the dynamic lift all the way to the top of the hill. In case you are wondering; yes I made it!