A tour of Nam on the cards?

Shortly before the festive season an email arrived from the Gauteng side, from a lad called Alan,
addressed to Izak Theron and myself.
He was specifically asking if there was any chance of some slope soaring being done
in Namibia. Never having done this before, we asked a few of the slope lads  on the forums
to add what they could and forwarded this to Alan.
Fresh from his holiday, and what seems was a complete blast…
it appears there are slope soaring sites in Nam that probably require a bit of investigation.

Any TOSS lads up for a tour of Nam?

Could be a blast, sandblast, sunburn…..

Thanks to the guys who gave advice, and thanks to Alan for the email.

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“Hi Kevin & Izak

I must thank you guys for the info you sent me on slope soaring on the west coast of Namiba  -   your advice was spot on!!

I only managed to take one plane ( mini graphite) as space was a problem because we were camping.
But it turned out to be perfect.

I flew it along the coast north of Henties at a point called “Popeye”  the whole section is a long dune extending north along the coast and was not very high but nice enough to generate lift.
The wind was light so no arse cracking speed but enough to have flown for about an hour  or so …. It was awesome ..
There were some other interesting points in that area such as “Shara se Gat” and “Predikants se Gat” but not enough time to get around there – fishing spots but interesting names….

I also went south of Swakop but on that day the dunes (which were definitely better than those north of Henties) were occupied by paragliders sloping along them and they were dropping out as the wind was light –
I decided to give it a try on our way back from Walvis that afternoon but the wind had died off producing very little lift… This will be an awesome slope in a good breeze for sure!!!

Thanks once again for the advice – Glad I took a plane with for sure!!!!

Regards

Alan”
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