The advantage of gliding/soaring as a sport is for me that it gives me time to think things over when I’m up in the mountains. I realized today that it is exactly 35 years ago that I got my wings as a Belgian Flight Cadet at the airfield of Oostmalle in Belgium. Here’s a picture…

On my third gliding day of the season, I teamed upon again with Jean Magne for a flight through the Southern Alps. Although the flight as such was nice (we followed a more western path), I had serious pain in my back (kidneys) all the flight long. Not very pleasant to say the least..especially if…