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Mingus to chino Wash locked Gate by arockydrew
August 31st, 2009 , Mingus Mountain, 32.3 miles, 2 hours 0 minutes, 226 pointsOn July 18 Mike A. & I hooked up with Cottonwood,Frank.Launch time 12:20 pm. off the radical South ramp.Found the first thermal to the right of launch,go figure.Mike & I both topped out at over 14,200' M.S.L. Now gliding towards paulden area with a light tail wind,4-7 M.P.H. Frank radios up, not much breeze on the ground,not many clouds eather.Just gliding getting lower & lower,you know what this means.Myself down to 7,400' found a little something,trying to radio Mike into the broken lift.It didn't work, Mike was to low,sorry,maybe next time.Stayed with it,light drift.Chased down wind 1/2-3/4 mile,then found it again.Ended up gaining 6,000'.Glided out as far as possible. There were big storms to the N.W.& big to the N. as well.Had a great landing near the locked gate in the Chino Wash.I love flying X-C with other Pilots,That was fun Mike lets do it again. Thank you very much Frank.I love ya Man.Happy Landings,Andy Rockhold
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