Flew to Bishop, which is about 160 miles away, and came back. This was my longest flight from Truckee so far. I climbed to 13,000 or so over Mt. Rose, and ventured out to Carson Valley. Caught another thermal right in the valley which brought me up to 14,000 ft, then headed to Pine Nuts. Over there, I climbed to 18,000 ft, and headed further south. There were plenty of clouds which I could use as a step stones, so the way to Boundary Peak wasn't too difficult. There was a good deal of west wind at that time, so I worried about coming back, but by the time I turned back, the wind shifted to south-west and it was alright. After I reached Boundary Peak, there was a cloud street all the way to Bishop. I could go even further to Lone Pine, but decided that that was enough for my first flight over Whites. I didn't turn at all when I was flying over the mountain range except when I shot some pictures of Whites and Boundary Peak. I turned back north around 4:30pm. The way back was a bit tricky because the straight line between Hilton Ranch and Truckee was all blue. I took a detour to the north, and used some Cu's over Yerington, then took my final glider to Truckee. Tony Gaechter (1A) was ahead of me all the way. Trying to catch up with him was a good exercise.

I had 24 gallons of water in the wings and 3 litter in the tail, but I left that I should have had more water.


Whites mountain range

Flew 579km
More pictures of Whites can be found here.