Starting with Bruce (Bruce, thank you so much! Everybody go visit Wellington Gliding Club www.soar.co.nz!) Photo: Triin
Starting towards Kapiti island. Flying a glider in a tow towards the ocean felt exceptional! (Photo: Triin)
Looking south from Paraparaumu (Photo: Triin)
Mana Island. Because of airspace limits we had to open divebrakes before heading over the ocean, quite counterintuitive thing to do :)
Heading back towards Paraparaumu and Kapiti
Gliding over the ocean! In how many places on earth one can do that?
Between Mana Island and the mainland (sorry, island of NZ)
Ridge flying. I wanted to be in this glider and have a spectacular show in this parking lot at the same time. I hope these folks had cameras ready!
Ridge flying
Diving for the ridge flight
Mt Hector and Tararua Race course on the ridge www.tararua-race.org.nz
Gliding over the ocean
Having some fun at ridge
Fast forward at the ridge
Welcome to the Tararua race course :-)
Tararua race course. These bushes really bite!
Tararua race course
Tararua race course. Running up is demanding, but running down is even more demanding!
Tararua race course. Finally out from the forest.
Tararua race course. Marchant peaks (1000m)
Tararua race course, Marchant
Tararua race course, after Marchant peaks the track descends a bit into fairy-tale forest
Tararua race course (Marchant ridge)
Tararua race course near Otaki Forks, about 30 min to finish (Photo: Triin)
Lake Pukaki
Lake Hawaea
From The Rees Hotel towards Remarkables
Road to Coronet ski centre
To Mt Dewar
From Mt Dewar towards Queenstown
From Queenstown to Mt Dewar (1310m) 1000 meters elevation diff in 2 hours, thanks www.vertigobikes.co.nz guys for the excellent bike!
Mt Dewar. I will learn soon on a descent with thrilled amusement that in the southern hemisphere the front and rear brake handles are swapped... Watch out!
Descent from Mt Dewar
Descent to Shotover river
Shotover river
Skippers Canyon. I turned back here
Skippers road, The Welcome Home hotel site
Skippers road
Skippers canyon
No shooting or no shouting here?6.5 hours of bike ride done, 25 min descent in the heavy rain to Queenstown felt like great shower after good training :-)
With Gavin Wills (Photo: Rain Laane)
Gavin Wills (Photo: Rain Laane)
NZ South Island Regionals 2011, Day 1
Triin and Lemmy Tanner (Photo: Rain Laane)
And this is our start!
Distant Mt Cook
Mt Elie De Beaumont (3117m)
Mount Cook and Tasman Lake
One happy glider pilot (or two, I hope Gavin enjoyed the flight also)!
The flight in mountains with Gavin Wills was definitely a highlight of my gliding career! Check out also 3 min video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w8IAM6DUDY
Thank you, Gavin, for the fantastic flight! (Photo: Rain Laane)
Riversurfing at Kawaru river with Serious Fun River Surfing www.riversurfing.co.nz. Great guys!
Riversurfing at Kawaru river
Riversurfing
Shotover Jet site
Shotover Jet ride
Wanaka, from Mt Iron
Heading for aerobatics flight with NZ champion Ivan Krippner
With this programme Ivan Krippner won NZ nationals
Leaving Queenstown, back to work!
