Day 39 Mount Cook to Omarama 98km
Two beers meant up twice in the night. Magically clear skies with millions of stars but too cold to stay outside so still no further on on the southern cross front.
Still cold on the morning but a lovely fast ride and in Omarama by midday. And into the world of gliding. Mark booked a flight and we pitched our tent in the Omarama Soaring Club campsite where hundreds of people hang out waiting to glide or talking about gliding. A lazy afternoon reading and drinking tea. Whilst Mark was in the skies I talked to Yvonne, a pilot and gliding instructor since 1975. She patiently explained to me why Omarama is a world centre for gliding. All to do with thermals and ridges and air currents and mountains to east and west.
Then a lovely hour in a hot tub and crashed out in the tent before dark. Again.