Not in a perfect mood that day, walked to the top and then some guys took me with them. Walked 1 hour with my gigantic bag, but not that bad after all.

The wind good and a bit strong when I arrived but then I was facing the wrong direction. Questioned a lot about taking off or not. Ended up failing twice while facing the canopy, not enough wind. Running ended up working!
A bit turbulent and not a single lift, only sinks! Took too much of a detour to get to the landing site and landed my canopy on thorns.

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According to meteo-parapente this should have been a nice a nice flight, around 15 in the afternoon. Turns out there was no lift anywhere, it was just turbulent.
Went a bit too far for my liking but managed to get back to the landing area just in time.

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Good morning flight around 11. Thermalling wasn't too hard but couldn't find anything more than 1.5m/s. Super slow and knew I wouldn't get far. Went for landing after roughly 40 mins of fighting to stay up.

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Very nice flight today! First of the year actually.
Managed to stay in the air for 1h30. I thought many times that I was too low and I'd have to land. I caught a single thermal that took me around 620 meters higher, even above the takeoff.
The clouds were very nice but I landed because I was a bit cold and mostly needed to pee.

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Same as the previous flight, just a plouf.

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First time flying from La Table to Le Coin. A bit stressful at the beginning but it works perfectly!
Didn't do much there, just a plouf.

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Took the first cable car in the morning, did a nice plouf!
I was confident enough for the takeoff and did some exercises in the air.
I landed right in the mowed circle!

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Second flight of the day, another plouf!
Tried to take some thermals at the beginning but went for the landing.
It's good to be back :)

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First flight after my accident! I was nervous at the takeoff but thankfully I had some friends with me to check that everything was OK. Took off facing the cliff, as there wasn't enough wind.
The flight was a typical plouf, straight line to the landing.
Landing was OK, I didn't loose too much of distance appreciation.

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Crashed just after taking off!
There was no wind that day and I guess maybe a bit of back wind?
I started sinking when I released the toggles, I probably shouldn't have.

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I didn't managed to find _the_ right thermal to go to the Dents de Lanfon.
I think I was high enough but still… I saw some tracks of people going there later in the day so I should have taken off later I guess.
I did again some 360 exercises above the takeoff, one felt really good, it's starting to be easier!

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Did 360 and dynamic turns exercises. It went overall pretty well.

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Couldn't even soar on this flight! I had to land on a small football field because I was way too far from the landing.
I need to be more cautious about that.

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Couldn't find much. Did some soaring but it eventually wasn't enough.
Really cloudy

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Couldn't go too high on this one...
Did some 360 exercises, there still is work to be done on those!

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Nice flight! Tried to go to the Mont Baret but was too low.
I touched the base of the cloud below the Dents de Lanfon, but that wasn't enough.

On the way back I didn't have enough altitude and needed to land in a field close to the takeoff.

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Went straight to find something, according to my instructors. There was nothing and I landed, RIP

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Trained for some 360. I'm starting to get the hang of it.
The harness was a bit looser since I changed the chest length. It's way more maneuverable now :o
There was absolutely no wind for the takeoff, I'm not used to that, had to run quite a bit!
The landing was ok, but I didn't know there was a fence during the summer??

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Some guy at the takeoff stressed me quite a bit, I ended up having a twist on the left riser but meh, it flies.
The wind was really turbulent and kinda strong so it was hard to get up without ending up far. I decided to land after 35 mins or so because it was too tiring and not that interesting. I did takeoff and land nicely though.

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Only took 1h40 to get to the top!
Bad takeoff, needed more speed.
Trained for 360° and actually managed to get a nice exit. At least I think so.
The landing wasn't that good, I tried to pump but forgot the paraglider would regain speed: landed on my ass.

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Awesome flight! I finally managed to go to les dents de Lanfon :). I tried soaring for a while near the take off but I couldn't find anything. I didn't get the minimum 100m required to transition to the north but I did it anyway! I saw people flying there and it seemed good. I managed to find pretty good thermals there. I did some soaring to find good thermals and it paid off! The last one I took helped me gain about 400 meters :D. I was pretty happy to fly at 2000m and I even managed to go higher, to a max of 2268m. On the way down I did some 360 exercises.
After talking to Pauline, I think I don't compensate enough the exit, might try that next time.
Other than that, really good take off and landings.

Starting from this flight the 'elevation' will be the gained altitude. I guess I can use it that way now, it makes more sense!

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Second long flight in Planfait! I managed after some time to get one nice thermal and decided to go for a certain rock more north. I didn't get any lift there sadly so I decided to come back. I always fail my take off for the same reason: pull the canopy harder, it's heavy!

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First long flight in Planfait! I only did some soaring here, it's scary to fly that low above the trees :o.
Always the same problem at takeoff: PULL. I did some 360 exercises for the exit, I think it was working well?

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Small hop in the morning, nothing too interesting about this one.
Tried some 360 exits but they weren't amplified enough.

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First flight with the leGPSBip! It's a nice vario but wasn't configured to my liking. It still worked and really was helpful.

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Nice takeoff! The site is a bit turbulent but it's not so bad.

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Awesome flight! Definitely one of my bests at the Salève. It was super easy to get up and even kinda hard sometimes to get down :).
I think I really need an altimeter though, I went above the limit of 1700m, oops.

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Nice flight in Vesancy! The air really is turbulent there…
I managed to get up but not above the take off like Luca.

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Bad take off. I really need more groundhandling. I had some knots in my canopy because I was too lazy so I had to re-do it several times. Finally took off facing the cliff, it was easier. The air was really turbulent and I didn't really like it at first. I found some thermals near the landing site and it was nice! I landed correctly but my canopy got stuck on a rosebush and I riped it :(. I'll try to fix it with a ripstop.

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Nice long flight :)! Take off wasn't perfect but the flight was good. I managed to take the thermals at some points but it's still a bit hard! Also the gopro shut off again because of the battery...

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Nice takeoff, but push even harder! Couldn't stay too long in the air, made a few bad turns

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Pretty nice flight! A bit scarry near some ridge but ok. Must be quite turbulent during summer weather. The landing was way better, as was the take off :)

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When there isn't a lot of wind: puuuuuusssshh to take off! The landing area was quite small but manageable. I didn't find much to stay up in the air but the others told me the same

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Nice flight! A bit thermal but not too much, not stressed at all this time :). I decided to head to the landing site because I didn't know how high I was and how hard it'd be to get to the landing site. I had no problem getting there really

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Second flight of that day, a bit more turbulent but less stressed overall. We had to move people from the take off site :)

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First flight of the season, feels goods! Nothign special to note apart from a bit of stress. Everything went smoothly and I landed correctly.

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Vol vers 17:30. Les conditions étaient pas ouf l'après-midi donc j'ai attendu, un bon paquet de temps. Au final c'était encore pas mal thermique, on pouvait bien monter, mais c'était pas si turbulent que ça. Par contre j'étais fatigué de la journée et j'avais la flemme de me battre avec les thermiques qui faisaient de la merde avec ma voile donc j'ai fait un petit plouf pépouze. L'attero est différent l'après-midi et plutôt restreint, c'était marrant

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Second vol de la journée au Grand Bo, super ! J'ai enroulé quelques thermiques et j'ai réussi à repasser au dessus du déco, c'était sympa. Une fois passé en dessous par contre j'ai eu la flemme de me battre pour remonter donc je suis allé poser. Il faut que je pense à avoir une batterie externe pour la gopro, elle tient pas longtemps…
Petit flap à 12:30

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Premier vol au Grand Bornand ! J'ai attendu bien 40 minutes que quelqu'un se présente au décollage histoire de voir un peu comment on vole dans le coin. Le déco est effectivement très pentu mais ça décole du coup tranquille. Petit plouf sans prétention, l'attero était sympa mais faut esquiver la tyrolienne…

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Conditions un peu turbulentes pour un vol de 10h, pas mal de nuages. Exercices de roulis plutôt OK, il faut y aller progressivement. Posé un peu technique, y'avait pas mal de roulis.

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Vol de reprise après un mois. Assez mal dormi et un peu stressé. Premier déco foiré mais deuxième ok ! J'ai passé beaucoup de temps à tout vérifier histoire d'être sûr. Exercices en l'air : roulis avec contre, "serpent". Remise à plat sur certains virages, bizarre, à retester

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Vol looong ! J'ai galéré bien 10 minutes à chercher les thermiques mais une fois parti c'était bon :D. Je suis passé au dessus du Roux et c'était magnifique.
Penser à garder du contact en permanence sinon ça fait des fermetures.
Checker à @1:40 et @44:45

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Recherche de thermiques, vol un peu plus long que d'hab. Bon déco, ne pas bourriner la voile, juste l'accompagfner en restant statique.

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Exercice oreilles, ça marche mieux qu'en EN-A :). Petit tangage pas trop engagé. Bon posé cette fois

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Thermiques bien turbulents pour une matinée. Faire gaffe aux dégueulantes. Encore bien regarder le sens de poser...

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Roulis bien engagé ! Attention aux thermiques pour pas faire une frontale, garder du contact. Bien regarder le vent et la brise pour poser, là c'était vent dans le cul...

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