![AUGUST 9, 2020: “ABOVE 4000” [DAY 8]](https://www.alpsfreeride.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rico-9.png)
par Rico Chandra | Août 13, 2020 | Rico's blog
Weather predictions. Even after 27 years of flying I’m still a sucker for good forecast. And the forecast for Fiesch was looking very good, so I could not resist jumping west for a change to try to get in some points. You see, we have this online contest. Pilots...
![AUGUST 8, 2020: “FLYING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION” [DAY 7]](https://www.alpsfreeride.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rico-8.png)
par Rico Chandra | Août 13, 2020 | Rico's blog
I wake up, lay out my tent in the sun to dry off the moisture. Not sure what to make of Slovenia COVID-blacklisting Switzerland. Stick to my goal? Change plans? I pack up my gear & get going. One last check that I didn’t forget anything? Let it be, don’t have...
![AUGUST 7, 2020: “WALKING UNDERNEATH THE NORTH WIND” [DAY 6]](https://www.alpsfreeride.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rico-7.png)
par Rico Chandra | Août 13, 2020 | Rico's blog
From Elm I hike up to Segnes Pass, at 2600 m asl. The first 500 m there’s a cable car, the rest is a grueling hike. When I finally arrive at the top, the north wind is howling. Wrong direction. I hike down the other side, figuring eventually the north wind would...
![AUGUST 6, 2020: “FLYING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION” [DAY 5]](https://www.alpsfreeride.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rico-6.png)
par Rico Chandra | Août 13, 2020 | Rico's blog
I get a text message from my friend Beat, “Rico, I know it’s a battle and unbelievable, but there’s an inversion. Sailplane pilots saying bad day for flying.” An inversion means the atmosphere is too stable for thermals to carry me upwards. I mentally prepare myself...
![AUGUST 5, 2020: “MEAGER FLYING BEATS WALKING” [DAY 4]](https://www.alpsfreeride.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rico-5.png)
par Rico Chandra | Août 13, 2020 | Rico's blog
Impressive, the monastery of Einsiedeln. I hike round it and over the back. Headed for Hummel, a popular site for soaring, with an unreliable lower launch, as well as a “your sweat earned you” upper launch. There’s more than 5 hPa pressure gradient north to south...
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