As members of a rural electric cooperative, my husband and I receive Colorado Country Life Magazine.
On the cover are these amazing photos of gliders soaring over the San Juan Mountains. My husband, who had a pilot's license before his driver's license, basically said: That's tough terrain to fly, especially in a glider. Those guys have som b*lls! I told my husband that Bob from SP who attended the Colorado gathering in the San Juans flies gliders and he should get together with Bob sometime to fly.
Well, this morning I decided to look at that article. I flipped open the magazine and, scanning the captions, quickly realized: Wow, this guy knows his peaks! I thought: I wonder if gliderman has anything to do with this! Then I scanned to these words: Bob Thompson is a retired colledge professor...
I thought: That's our Gliderman! Here's a link to the article: http://www.coloradocountrylife.coop/ind ... ories.html
In addition to the fantastic photos in the article, be sure to check out some of Bob's arial images of southwestern Colorado on his SP profile: http://www.summitpost.org/user_page.php?user_id=61758
In addition to flying, Bob is a strong mountain hiker who, with a 2-3 decade lead on many of us in the race of life, can hike me off the mountain like I've got no legs.
Good on ya, Bob!