Glen was first into goal...for the first time in an international competition! Go baby!! Although he didn't win the day (he took the first start and Andreas, 5 minutes or so behind him, took the second start), it's got to be cool coming into goal without a bunch of other gliders sitting there already. I'm so tickled for him. The international competition circuit seems to suit him well and I have a feeling we'll be back in Europe next summer ;-)
Glen has now worked his was up to third place overall and first and second (Gordon and Eduardo) may be a ways ahead of him, but they're not out of reach.
The other fantastic first yesterday was Johana's first goal. Johana is a fairly new Swedish pilot and this is her second comp ever. Her first was last week at the Dutch Nationals in Laragne. It's unbelievably heartwarming to see someone into goal for the first time, all the pilots on the ground screaming and hooting and hollering at her, Johana jumping up and down with this enormous smile on her face. Seriously, it's one of the coolest things about competition and I'm sure every pilot reading this can remember his or her first time getting into goal. When we lose beloved pilots like Luiz, I always spend several days wondering if what we do is really worth it. Days like yesterday make me remember that it is.
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