BREAKING a golden rule in GLIDING : a rookie MISTAKE that RUINED my cross-country flight.

It is a golden rule in cross-country flying: "Always try to stay above the ridges."
Why? Because the chance to hit energy lines of lifting air is higher and you are flying more or less
free of terrain. It is an easy to understand rule until the moment you get stuck below the ridges and slowly but steadily fall into a game over in cross-country
flying. Explore in this video how I dismissed this rule due to bad decision making and witness how I got wiped by strong winds from the high peaks down to the ground.

Please note that I am a learning glider pilot, sharing with you my experiences and the magic of soaring, including my mistakes and goodtakes, aiming to make this sport better and safer together.

Check out the flight at: https://www.weglide.org/flight/426269
Date: 28.6.24
Departure: DASSU Unterwössen @deutschealpensegelflugschu7668
Outlanding: Zell am See LOWZ
Pilot: Christoph Wieland Blaas
Glider: LS4
Navigation app: www.xcsoar.org
Music: Augustin Raffo - Obsidia (artlist.io)
Weather time lapse: meteoblue.com and www.foto-webcam.eu
Flight analysis apps: www.weglide.org and www.ogoy.app

Thanks to Ute Hoffmann for planning and flying together. She did a very successfull flight just minutes away from me. It's worth to check it out: https://www.weglide.org/flight/426092

Thanks to Hans for towing me from https://alpsflyingclub.at.

Thanks to the pilots of https://www.fcbronkow.de to help me to get back into the air and Helga vor the video, filming my final.

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