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BAPA Meeting is Sep 1 in Daly City

Written by Kevin Hester
Thursday, 26 August 2010
The next BAPA meeting is on Wednesday, Sept 1st, at the Marie Callender's In Serramonte Mall. (See "Meetings " for directions.) Just off 280 and near the Dump. The social half hour starts at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Please come to eat and socialize at 6:30. We'll presumably be talking about recent flying and possible new sites. Our guest speaker will be Rick Cavallaro talking about learning to kitesurf and his really cool downwind cart project. Both are super interesting topics! Please come... Thanks, Kevin Activities Co-Director

Weekly Hike/Fly and Vol-biv Weekends

Written by Jim Chu
Monday, 22 February 2010
My guess is that there are a lot of closet hike and flyers out there. Like me, you like breaking a sweat (not just when you're packing your glider) and you like the mountains + being outdoors in general. A few things I'd like to propose are below. I want to hear your thoughts on these -- you can join the google group (email distribution list) to keep the conversation going: http://groups.google.com/group/bayareahikeandhuck Also, we'll be able to discuss this topic at the next BAPA meeting on March 3 at 7pm in Milpitas. I'll go over equipment and places and I'd like to hear from everyone what they've done, would like to do, what they're up for. So show up and let's figure out what we can do. 1) Weekly hike and fly at local Bay Area sites I propose Mission on Tuesdays at 4:30pm starting March 16 which is after daylight savings. I'm open to other sites, too so just propose something. 2) Vol-biv trips in the Sierras and Northern California coastal ranges over weekends I've looked at a number of different routes and possibilities. It's always better to do these things in groups so I'd like to see who wants to join me. 3) Informal vol-biv competition this summer Let's pick a 3-day weekend, pick a route we've checked out, get a few people for ground support, pack some beer, and start walking/flying. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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