//carlosleon.info/hg/Recent content in Hgs on Carlos LeónHugo -- gohugo.ioSun, 31 Jan 2021 15:04:44 +0200//carlosleon.info/hg/karabiners/Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:04:44 +0200//carlosleon.info/hg/karabiners/TLDR: Buy a Stainless Steel karabiner with a strain rate of at least 2.5kN When was the last time that you changed your karabiner? And why did you change it? Is it because it’s been two years? is it because you dropped it and you’re not sure anymore about the integrity of the device? How long as it been since the last time you changed your karabiner? How about the one that attaches the rescue to the harness?//carlosleon.info/hg/every-sled-ride-counts/Tue, 30 May 2017 22:25:13 +0200//carlosleon.info/hg/every-sled-ride-counts/A year ago I went on my first hang gliding trip to the mountains together with the Zenith Aventura hang gliding school from Spain. We went to the French alps. We visited and flew places like Annecy, Col du Sapenay, St. Hilaire, Chamonix and some others that I can’t remember anymore. Back then we were just squabs about to leave the nest but not just yet. Our instructor had us throughout the whole trip doing morning and afternoon flights.//carlosleon.info/hg/first-thermal-flight-ever/Mon, 22 May 2017 23:06:10 +0200//carlosleon.info/hg/first-thermal-flight-ever/I have been waiting for this moment since the very first hang gliding lessons that I took back in March 2015! I know, it’s been three seasons all together and not a single time did I get the chance or the permission from my instructors to turn a circle around some raising air. So far all my flights (about 80 on the winch and 20 on the mountains) had been sled riders.//carlosleon.info/hg/season-2017-is-open/Sun, 21 May 2017 21:21:42 +0200//carlosleon.info/hg/season-2017-is-open/It’s been too long! It’s been exactly one year since my last mountain flight. Last time was a lovely 9-days trip to the French Alps with [Zenith Aventura] hang gliding school. It was my first group hang gliding expedision and boy was it fun. Unfortunately I didn’t get to fly much more after that. C’est la vie. Now I’m back in the game and the season has officially started for me.