Travel BlogTumblr (3.0; @fredibach)http://fredibach.tumblr.com/<a href="http://vimeo.com/35834338">The video from the sundown flight is now online!</a>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/16700373208http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/16700373208Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:29:02 -0500<a href="http://fredibach.ch/">Galleries from the Dakar and the Tour Eiffel can now be found on my homepage.</a>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15894792068http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15894792068Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:23:36 -0500<p>I&#8217;m currently importing all media into Final Cut Pro, over 100GB of data. Over 3500 photos and quite a few big long videos.</p> <p>Creating a final video out of this could actually take a while &#8230; ;-)</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15823953972http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15823953972Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:38:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmwniGzlm1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Dakar at the flightpark. We were at the stage finish line yesterday and watched them coming down the big dune. It’s something you have to see once, but probably gets boring a second time.</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15668278491http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15668278491Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:42:54 -0500<p>Guess every good thing has to end some day &#8230; still meters of snow in Switzerland? ;-)</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15667725013http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15667725013Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:12:59 -0500<p>That&#8217;s what they call me here if they don&#8217;t know my name, because of my glider. I must say, I kinda like that. :-)</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15652005285http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15652005285Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:51:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxl9tizqKA1r8fxv5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Trying out the Paratech P720 acro glider. Very short and light brakes!</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15620556733http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15620556733Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:44:16 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxla5dQHrb1r8fxv5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A shot of myself flying over the flightpark.</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15620751669http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15620751669Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:39:12 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxk1d5tmsw1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Super smooth evening flight and than such a sundown, amazing!</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588406197http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588406197Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:33:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxk19wsZtK1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588297686http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588297686Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:29:56 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxk17mOkve1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588219292http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588219292Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:28:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxk13zfrlt1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588095773http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15588095773Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:26:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxk111A88X1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15587995027http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15587995027Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:24:37 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxwkRKwZ1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>End of life?</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15584188509http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15584188509Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:17:08 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjnduAHBf1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Panorama from the Flightpark Altazor.</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15573863340http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15573863340Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:29:54 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg0sIHds1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A lot of wind on my landing spot … and it got even worse for the pilots that came in later, but still save for everyone.</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15568626879http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15568626879Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:50:52 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxj8yjPVeg1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>During the cross country flight …</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15564901564http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15564901564Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:18:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxj8veMyu21r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Launch area where we started our cross country flight yesterday. It’s only 80 meters height, so good timing with the thermals was important.</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15564863233http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15564863233Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:16:26 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxi72yBWS01r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Palo Buque … for a while it was going up like in a lift, right to the top of the mountain, and surprisingly smooth as well.</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15535867010http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15535867010Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:44:20 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxi6wm9YNU1r8fxv5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Too much south wind today for our cross country flight, so everyone of us “stranded” at the most difficult part. I made it almost to the street flying … some of us had a longer walk. It was a great experience anyway.</p>http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15535648500http://fredibach.tumblr.com/post/15535648500Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:36:22 -0500