Adventure StoryHi everyone!!!! We have a World
Record!!
During the last four days,
Ramon has been flying every day. The first two days there were a lot of
limitations due to the strong cloud development influenced by the monsoon. The
second two days, with less clouds, but conditions were not ideal.
It snows every afternoon,
and yesterday he could see snowing almost everywhere when he was flying at
6000m.
Ramon has been travelling the area in
order to find the best spot to soar, but it is full of glacial and it makes it
pretty difficult since the wind goes down even if the slopes are facing wind.
This entire means the meteo conditions are very special here.
Today, Tuesday 8th, he manage to beat
his own World Record (in Sierra Nevada at 6700m) and fly until 7354m, even with
SW winds, not the best, he aims for NW winds.
He took off at 4000m with a lot of
thermals, he moved to the ridges of Rupal crossing by Mazeno pass at 5200m.
There he managed to soar up to 7000m close to the Mazeno peak when he finally
moved to the centre of the valley, where he took off again and grabbed a wave
that soared him little by little to the 7400m. Well, some instruments reflect
7300m, others 7500m. When he was getting closer to the Nanga wall aiming to soar
it, the descent started to be too strong. He made several attempts, but in the
end he decided to reach the highest altitude possible flying in
wave.
He has flown for 3.5h using an
Advance Sigma 7 - 28, a PAP paramotor, using a Hermes motor with no issue at
all. He has used nitromethane in a low ratio mix since they could not find a
purest one to get a better performance. He comments on this "I really look like
the Michelin man”, since he was loaded with clothes to face the cold. Even
though, he managed to take some pics and videos for the TV show.
He still has several days
to complete the mission and reach the Nanga summit. It looks like a dry mass of
air is coming from the NW next Thursday... We’ll keep you posted.
You can also follow all the flights
in www.altitudenangaparbat.org, and then click on Multimedia >
Live Tracking.
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Hola !!!! Ya hay record del mundo !!!
En los ultimos 4 dias, Ramon estuvo volando cada dia, los
dos primeros con muchas limitaciones por el sobredesarrollo de las nubes aun con
influencia del Monzon y los dos siguientes con menos nubes pero no con las
condiciones ideales.
Cada dia nieva por la tarde y ayer vio nevar en las
laderas desde 6000 metros en un clarito.
Estos dias ha estado recorriendo todo el valle para buscar el
lugar de maxima ascendencia, con tanto glaciar es dificil, el viento baja por
los glaciares aunque sean laderas orientadas. Con esto quiero decir que la
meteorologia es muy, muy especial.
Hoy martes, consiguio batir su record de Sierra Nevada 6700 y
pasar a los 7354, aunque los vientos no son los mejores, pues hay suroeste y
necesita noroeste.
Despegando a 4000 metros con bastante termica, se paso al
las aristas que dan a Rupal por el paso Mazeno 5200, luego
volando esas aristas en las vertientes orientadas ha subido hasta 7000
cerca del pico Mazeno para al final irse al centro del valle de donde despego y
coger una onda que le fue subiendo metro a metro hasta 7400...bueno unos
instrumentos dicen 7300 y otros 7500. Cuando se pegaba a la pared del Nanga,
emocionado por subirsela, caia brutalemente. Lo intento varias veces hasta que
decidio hacer maxima altura en onda pura.
Ha volado tres horas y media con un Sigma 7 28 de Advance, un
motor PAP, motorizado por Hermes que no le dio ni un problema. Ha usado
nitrometano en la mezcla a baja proporcion ya que no lo encontraron mas puro
para darle mas rendimiento y como el dice.."cuando veais las fotos, parezco el
muñeco de michelin" del monton de ropa que lleva para el frio. A pesar de eso ha
hecho fotos y video pàra el programa de television.
Ahora tiene varios dias mas de ventana para conseguir la cima
del Nanga, pues parece que llega una masa de aire mas seca del noroeste el
jueves....os mantendremos informados.
Saludos
Draco Parapente
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