Mario Alonzi is on the task committee with Gerolf and Attila. Gerolf and Attila are calling the tasks that they like to fly (and really what are World Class tasks). Mario did not want to do this long task to Clovis. He wanted a triangle or dogleg task, something up wind. But the forecast was for 15 knot east winds. He and Gerolf got into it. Gerolf was challenging him on the basis of Mario's position in the meet.

Mario called it a paraglider task, no upwind portions.

Well, well, they were both wrong. Mario won the task by one second over Christian Ciech. Perhaps Gerolf got him riled up.

Gerolf and Attila were thirteen and fourteenth respectively. Christian said he flew by himself and found himself twenty six kilometers west of the course line. He never saw Mario, even as he crossed the goal line. He was high.

Sixty pilots, well over 50%, made it to goal, the longest task ever called and made in a competition, ever.

So the irony here is at a pretty high level.

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