Kelly Cooper: Well yesterday turned out to be a fun day soaring around our playground. Brett, Tim and myself found a little patch of wave near Mount Hood topped out at 7500 ft. We got a call on the radio from Greg that he was in the Underwood wave climbing through 8000 feet. Tim flew […]
In early May I was able to find the famous Hood River wave, under the kind mentoring of Kelly Cooper and Tim O’Donnell, who were up scouting the situation. Both are known to relish these kinds of days. Releasing at 3600′ near the Dog Bowl, I was able to climb and work my way south
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The Dog Bowl Prevailing winds blow northwest over Hood River. The east valley ridge obstructs the airmass making it rise like river water climbing over a boulder. When the terrain is shaped like a bowl, a larger volume of air converges generating a bigger upward push. Bowls also collect heat on sunny days, adding
Golf is an activity I do when walking seems too boring, so I spend $80 to remind myself why I don’t play more often. Located near the Hood River airport, Indian Creek Golf Course is under the airport’s traffic pattern & it’s fun to see airplanes while waiting for the 5-some ahead of me to
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