Montana |
#40: Billings, Montana |
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The advice from the local pilots regarding crossing the Yellowstone River was to come in close to the bluffs and float up low over the top, where the winds would generally carry you northeast towards Lockwood, a suburb of Billings built on the higher land above the river. I had a difficult time getting past the bluffs, popping up over cliff height several times but losing the wind to carry me past the bluffs into the area beyond. I finally managed to get up on top by going higher, but there the wind was heading in a more easterly direction towards a large, sparsely populated area without a whole lot of good roads. |
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Dennis had finished his own flight and met up with my chase crew to help find me. Getting out to where I was took about half an hour. I gathered up my gear and we hiked back out to where the chase vehicles were parked at the locked gate. |
Celebration LVI |
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