Near-Miss in STRONG Wind - Gemma Bossed it! - BANDARRA

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I was very reluctant to release this video as I found it quite embarrassing for the mistakes in judgement that we had, but then thought that if everyone hides their mistakes then as a sport we evolve much slower.

Gemma was keen to fly and the forecast looked good, but when we got to the hill it was a bit strong.
Still decided to launch and give it a go but didn't recognize the signs of too much wind fast enough. Also she's probably a bit low on the weight range of her glider which didn't help matters much.

All in all landed safe and lived to tell the tale. I was just worried all the way as I knew that a small mistake in flight path or a small increase in wind strength would have meant being washed behind the hill and into the lee-side, with potentially deadly consequences.

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