Today was a frustrating day. Route 3 was called again. I was excited to go over the back, but the overdevelopment from the west and north was approaching fast. I launched later than I should have, and started to climb. The wind was pushing the thermals east and kept drifting me close to the mountain. It was also crowded in the air and I was sharing thermals with multiple gliders. I got chased out of a few good thermals when another pilot would break the "right of way" rules for thermalling and force me to avoid him.
I was frustrated by the crowds, and having a difficult time getting over 10,500'. I wanted at least 14,000' to jump over the back and avoid the rotor (bad, turbulent air that is found on the lee side of big objects like mountains). Eventually I decided the approaching storm was too close and I was out of time. I abandoned my thermal and dove my glider fast down to the LZ.
Flying out to land, with a big storm to the north.No one got far today. The development was worse in the next valley. Only one day left.
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