Not much flying the past two days. Yesterday the comp moved about 60 kilometers south of Pogio Bustone to a city called Aguila which was decimated in an earthquake about 6 months ago. It was too windy and rotary on launch and the task was canceled before anyone got seriously injured. I managed to dislocate a finger trying to launch - kind of a freak thing as I just kind of fell down softly but put a hand out to stabilize myself and must have jammed it just right into a rock or something. Being at a very odd angle it was obvious that I had to seek help so I spent much of the rest of the day in the hospital in Rieti fighting the language barrier but eventually was taken care of.
Many pilots did launch before they canceled the day and had nice flights but many experienced very windy landings going backwards....
Today we were back in Pogio Bustone but conditions did not look good at all. In classic world cup style we all loaded up and headed up the hill and spent several hours sitting around visiting and waiting for things to improve. They almost got good enough but when the sun finally came out for a few minutes the extra heat energy just made the place go ballistic and the wind and thermal action really got strong. Again, the day was canceled and about half the pilots practiced their high wind launches and had nice flights out to the main landing field.
I've figured out how to put my small splint over my glove and tape it on so I can press on with flying... shouldn't be a problem. The weather is looking better tomorrow so will see what happens.
We've been enjoying lots of fine food and drink and good company....
Got to go!
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