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Cruising over the Sierras was pretty and allowed more time for me to just do some mellow play with the wing. With each slalom turn heading in a general northerly path the view looking down onto the Sierras was gorgeous. The mountain lakes still had snow and ice with the most interesting shades of turquoise.
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The above photo shows mount whitney as we were in a 90 degree left bank at about 22,000' msl.
The speed even from being at over 20K is very noticeable. I have many times experienced the long 2 to 4 hour push from Walt's Point up to Big Pine in a hang glider but this bird did it in about 6 minutes up and 6 minutes back, and we were taking our time conserving fuel with many turns along the way.