Training Log Archive: CleverSky

A long day of schlepping hang glider gear at Skinner, which included a tree rescue but no flying. Time and distance are estimated, as I didn't have my GPS tracker with me all the time, and I didn't start my watch for some of this.
1) Up the road to the ranger station, pulling three gliders on the cart with another pilot.
2) Up the trail and out to launch carrying one harness.
3) Back to the top of the road to meet the guys who were pulling the cart.
4) Down the Halfway Trail and then down the road with the empty cart.
5) Back up the road the whole way pulling two gliders on the cart with another pilot.
6) Carrying one end of a glider along the ridge out to launch.
7) Scrambling down the cliff to get to the pilot who snagged a wingtip and got spun into the trees.
8) Helping the pilot get down from the small hemlock, climbing the tree to
unhook the nose wires so we could get it to the ground, then helping to pack it up.
9) Straight down the steep slope, working with another pilot to let the bagged-up glider slide down the hill.
10) Walking down the rest of the way down the road carrying the crash pilot's harness bag.
11) Back up the road and the Halfway Trail pulling the empty cart (which we had arranged to have someone bring back down to the car for us).
12) Walking back along the ridge to launch.
13) Carrying my glider back along the ridge to the top of the road (given the light conditions, and the fact that somebody had already blown launch, none of the other four of us who had our gliders set up were interested in potentially being the second one in a row to end up in the trees).
14) Back down the road with another pilot, controlling the speed of the cart which had three gliders on it (190 pounds), with a harness on my back.

Pretty exhausting. After all this, we were a bit late heading for the annual hang gliding association banquet, and I decided to just skip it.

The warm weather the past few days melted all but a few tiny traces of the snow, and I got off work a little early this afternoon, so despite a possible broken ankle I went for a cruise around Mystery Blazes. Mulpus Brook was as high as I've ever seen it when going in this direction, so I had to pick my way through there, and I also had to stop a couple of times for coughing fits. Just as well that I'm not going to North Carolina, as I'm something of a wreck.

25 squats, 20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups.

My left ankle is a little sore. Odd. The soreness is on top, on the left side, just in front of and a little above the big bony bump. It feels kind of like what I would expect if I had rolled my ankle, but I don't recall having done that recently. Not bothersome just sitting still, but I can feel it a little if I walk around. I'm wondering if it might be a consequence of the plyo stuff, jumping as high as I can and landing on a concrete floor.

C • plyo 1

20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups, 25 squats, 20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups, 25 squats. Substituting squats (very noisy) for plyo to be nice to the ankle.

C • Noisy? 4

20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups, 10 plyo. And that was all I felt like doing.

20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups, 10 plyo, 20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups, 10 plyo.

20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups, 10 plyo, 20 pushups, 50 situps, 15 tableups, 10 plyo.