10 August, from the crew dude, part 4 (updated)

OK, Eric did one thing and didn't do the other.

He got back.  And he didn't outland.

The day turned out well although the last leg turned out a bit soft.  I think outlanding was on no one's mind as all the paddocks would've been well wet.  (Speaking of which, I think we might be in for more rain tonight.  Some interesting-looking clouds are rolling in.  Forecast for tomorrow is chance of rain.)

The results have all come in (possibly apart from one or two who outlanded) and Eric came 20th out of 36 or so.Nicely done!

Oh, yes, Eric got back, and the first thing we did after that was to de-rig the glider.  The SPOT tracker wasn't working too well so it was difficult to know where he was at times but at one point two consecutive 10-minute SPOT points were separated by very little distance, so obviously he was struggling.  But then he must've found the last good climb for the day and steamed on back home. 

Meantime the campsite's been chaotic with people packing up heaps of stuff (we Aussies have had to make do with a tent, but nearly all of the Europeans were able to come with caravans and annexes and a heap more gear than we could).

The end-of-comp party is tonight but I'm not sure how much we'll partake of it as we have to get up early tomorrow morning to complete the pack-job and then hit the road to Poppenhausen the moment the closing ceremony's done.  We drop the glider off there and stay nearby for the night, then the next day we drive to Frankfurt so I can get the plane back to Oz and Eric then proceeds on elsewhere.

So I think this will be my last post (how does that bugle thingie go??)  in which case I'll sign off completely.  Guess I'll leave it to Eric to judge how I went as crew for this, his first international competition.

Cheers