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PG Chris Lombard from Richmond wants a training hill day. Saturday looks drier although maybe it won't rain at all. I need some exercise. John will you be teaching tomorrow?
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Will not be teaching there this weekend, lack of students. Saturday wind direction doesn't look good for there but Sunday may be OK in early afternoon. Make sure waiver is done.
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Thanks John. Yeah, I told him to bring a waiver. I may go out on Sunday if it looks dry enough.
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Probably going to be some soggy sod out there, but zero probabilility of rain. Anyone actually going ? --John
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It looks pretty good. I'm considering a 1pm arrival. John where do you live? Wanna carpool?
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I'm in Vienna near Tysons. Would be carrying a HG. I put a message on your mob. May be getting late by now, but call back if you see this. --John (mob: 703/226-9066)
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I'm new and was hoping to get some practice in at the training hill today (and next weekend) too. In general what do I need to do? I still need to sign-up and pay dues (which I can do today). Where do I find the waiver, where do I find the hill, etc?

Thanks! Sara
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The waiver is available at http://www.chgpa.org/Waivers/waivers.html

If you want directions, send me an email to silverwingshg at netzero dot net
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Austin and I are headed to Taylor Hill
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Nice day - it was warm. Austin flew his new pod harness. Chris tuned up his launches. Steve Kingsley and I both showed 'em how it's done. The wind was south cross all day, but was strong enough to kite - I even got dragged briefly. By 3:30 the wind was pretty weak and we started taking forwards. 9 reverses, 5 forwards for me. Great exercise.
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