From Nevada to Kansas by Glider

Atmospheric waves are quite fascinating. Crazy to see a glider utilize this over such a distance:

https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/Miscell...

"it’s very important to be patient." I was a tow pilot in the Rockies for a ski season and got a whopping 3.5 hours of glider time. The spinning in circles to gain altitude was enough for me to stick with powered flight (patience indeed!) This is an amazing accomplishment, way to go!

Wow they were flying at 27,000 feet for a lot of that. I was wondering how they'd get over the Rockies but had no idea they'd go all the way up there. Obviously they need oxygen and the plane has to be designed to fly in that thin of air, but just how hard is that?

Super cool. Hope to be well enough off one day to do stuff like this.

A video with Gordon Boettger about it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8p95a4JRcw