Tag Archives: gliding

Sharing the wave

Sharing the wave

North Otago’s Waitaki District has been chosen as Nevada’s Douglas County sister community. One borders the South Pacific, and the other sits in the Great Basin. One calls August winter, and the other calls…

Jumping Off Point

Jumping Off Point

Billionaire US adventurer Steve Fossett continues to attempt to break the world glider altitude record from his South Island base in Omarama. Wind levels have been unsatisfactory so far.