First priority: keep the glider fairly well inflated and for the most part over head. It's generally not a good idea to become gift-wrapped so close to the ground. Since it looks like big bushes on the steep slope and not big trees, I should probably uncross my legs to get ready for a PLF. Is it feet together, knees slightly bent, roll after you hit? Maybe it's bend over with your head between your knees and kiss your *ss goodbye? No, that's on a airplane, the dangerous way to fly.
Not that I was thinking much about this at the time, but the last time I got this low was more than three hours early, 100' agl getting ready to land at the bottom of Kagel Canyon.
Five hours after landing (crashing?), I finally made it down the mountain to Dana and my waiting car, although without my paraglider or harness. It was Sunday night at 10:15pm just beyond the locked gate of a quarry in Duarte.
But more importantly, congratulations to Cutter, Vrezh, Sebastian, and Kendall, who all made it to Crestline a bit earlier in the day.
Tracklog on Google Earth:
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules ... ng=english
End of Flight: 1600' above the Vulcan Rock Quarry and the San Gabriel River in Duarte, about a mile from the Azusa Greens Country Club.
Low Save in Kagel Canyon: 150' agl over Rayland Drive, but too many trees and power lines to land. Instead I headed to the Kagel Truck Trail at 100' agl.
