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morg_dog
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The NTSB accident site lists this accident on July 1. For what it is worth their is an eye witness account from a climber, the accident happened at the top of the Grand Teton just west of the Jackson Hole airport. If you go to the NTSB site please note the winds at the airport and the location of the glider in relation to these. As we approach mid-summer how about everyone taking a minute to do a quick safety check.
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domr
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This link to NTSB report
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0-lee
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The winds aloft from the below soundings are more significant than the Jackson Hole Airport winds noted in the NTSB report... I don't know of a better way to guess what the conditions were.
The summit is about 4197 m (13770 ft).
72681 BOI Boise Observations at 00Z 02 Jul 2002
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Bhah_Humbug
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Having read the 'climbers' report from the newspaper, makes me wonder if the pilot had just read the 'Soaring' June issue titled 'Cloud Huggers & Rock Hoppers.' Since what he was doing is pictured right on page 38. well it's a drawing. I've done a little mountain soaring and so far I've been able to get higher than the peaks and stay there. If not it's time to move away and work some other source of lift. Flying into 'altogranlus' clouds is not for me. Sorry another soaring pilot has been added to the list
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