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Event info

This would be the 8th edition of the "Hombres Pájaro" Hang Gliding competitions in Colombia. Great weather, great people, and everytime more challenging than the previous one, with more international pilots attending.

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Flying site

Pie de Chinche is located in El Cerrito mountains in Cordillera Occidental between Cali and Tulua. While flying you can enjoy the beautiful views of the Valle de Cauca fields surrounding river Cauca and it's numerous tributaries.

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  • 60 Pilots max allowed
  • 10 Countries presented
  • 🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅
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Event info

This would be the 8th edition of the "Hombres Pájaro" Hang Gliding competitions in Colombia. Great weather, great people, and everytime more challenging than the previous one, with more international pilots attending.
Every year we have more foreing pilots thanks to the previous events and their success, as the hard work put by the organizer, Mike Glennon.
The event has used places like Roldanillo, Trujillo (20km south of Roldanillo) and last two years, so as this one, in Pie de Chinche (90km South of Roldanillo).
So we are on the same valley. The selection of this take off site brings the best take off conditions all around the Valley, making for a very safety and friendly take off, with plenty of open space for rigging the gliders. The conditions can be a little trickier than the ones find on Roldanillo, but allows for a fun, yet technical and demanding competition that can challenge event the more experience foreing and local pilots.

Flying site

Pie de Chinche is located in El Cerrito mountains in Cordillera Occidental between Cali and Tulua. While flying you can enjoy the beautiful views of the Valle de Cauca fields surrounding river Cauca and it's numerous tributaries.
The take off Pie de Chinche is situated not far from the creek of El Cerrito and the Hacienda Pie de Chinche famous for its Museum of Cane.
The place offers a fine flying with ceiling of up to 2700 m ASL and prevailing south winds.

Take off Pie de Chinche - 1765 m ASL - N 03 38 47.7 W 076 10 11.0 (3.646493, -76.169775)
The launch ground is a spacious grassy slope. Connected by a dirt road.

Nearest landing - 1171 m ASL , N 3°37'25", W 76°11'40" (3.62375, 76.1947)
While flying one must observe airspace restrictions of Cali and Tulua airports.

Selection and entry fee

No special selection criteria will be applied.
Entry fee would be $100 US or $300.000 COP.
Payment details will be informed after registration to email.

Prize fund and scoring categories

No price money at the time (can change if we find some good sponsors)
There would be scorings for Class 1 (Called Open down here) and for Class 1 - Sport (Called Sport down here), and trophys to the first three on each class.

General schedule

Saturday, Jan 21 2017
10:00 am. Headquarters (Siga La Vaca). GPS and tracker (cellphone) settings. Pre-validation on registry.
12:00 - Training Task setting on takeoff
12:00 - 18:00 Training day
19:00 - Official Registration and opening ceremony.

22 - 28 - Competition Days.

Saturday 28 Jan, 2017.
19:00 - Price giving and closing ceremony

Daily schedule

10:00 - Going to takeoff
12:00 - Task setting and pilot briefing
13:00 - Takeoff window
18:00 - Landing time.
19:00 - Report back time.
20:00 - 21:00 - Track Downloads / Race replay.
21:01 - Provisional Results Out.

Accommodation and Activities

La sede oficial del evento será el Hotel Siga la Vaca, importante punto turístico de la zona en donde esperamos estar todos los participantes reunidos. El hotel está ubicado en el municipio de El Cerrito, aproximadamente a medio kilómetro del pueblo Santa Helena, el recorrido hasta el despegue es de aproximadamente 20 minutos en carro 4x4 cubriendo una distancia aproximada de 18 kilómetros, una gran parte está pavimentada (8 km lineales, en vuelo). En la parte trasera del hotel contamos con un terreno inmenso, una perfecta zona de goal la cual representa un ahorro en gasolina y tiempo por parte de la organización.
El hotel cuenta con unas instalaciones de primera:
31 habitaciones distribuidas así: 9 habitaciones de 3 camas en cada una, 2 habitaciones de 2 camas cada una, 20 habitaciones de 1 cama doble cada una, para un total de 51 camas. Éstas habitaciones cuentan con internet WiFi, aire acondicionado, flatscreen tv y camas nuevas con colchones nuevos (está recién inaugurado). El hotel cuenta además con piscina, un jacuzzi inmenso, restaurante, bar, canchas de fútbol, entre otros.
(http://sigalavaca.com.co/)
Las tarifas son:
Habitación por persona (sólo alojamiento) = $ Por definir
Habitaciones para 2 o 3 personas (sólo alojamiento) = $ Por definir
Desayuno de $ Por definir
- Huevos al gusto acompañados de arepa, quesos cuajada, salchicha, frutas y café con leche o chocolate.
- Huevos al gusto acompañados de pan croissant, queso cuajada, salchicha, frutas y café con leche o chocolate.
- Bistec de carne acompañado de arroz arepa sin sal, y café con leche o chocolate.
Desayuno de $ Por definir
- Huevos al gusto acompañados de arroz, arepa sin sal con café en leche o chocolate

How to get here

The nearest airport is Cali. Then it´s a 1.3 hours drive from there you can have a transfer to El Cerrito and Santa Elena.

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Plane

The nearest airport is Cali. That is connect by Avianca flights to Bogota.
Web http://www.aerocali.com.co/

Car

You can rent a car in Cali airport.
More info here: http://www.aerocali.com.co/renta-de-carros/

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Organizers

Mike Glennon
Meet Organizer
Natalia Jaramillo
Press and Media

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Sport

  1. Cloch Jaramillo (25)
  2. Daniel Jaramillo (579)
  3. Anibal Lemus (6)

Después de una entretenida y amigable competencia, y una última prueba que puso a dudar algunas posiciones del podium, termina la competencia sin muchas sorpresas en el resultado final. En la foto de izquierda a derecha, Jose Luis Jaramillo (1), Daniel Jaramillo (2), Anibal Lemus (3), Juan Luis Palma (4).

Sport results

Open

  1. Rudy Gotes
  2. Dustin Martin
  3. Daniel Velez

Tras un desempeño constante durante las primeras 5 pruebas, el podium estaba definido, y a pesar de que la última prueba resultó algo sorpresiva para varios de los pilotos en punta, los resultados finales permanecieron invariables. En la foto, de izquierda a derecha: Rudy Gotes (1) Dustin Martin (2) Daniel Vélez (3) Juan Camilo Marín (4) Yoko Isomoto (5).

Open results

Tasks and results

Task 1

22 Jan, 2017

Class 1 — 80.8 km — Race to goal

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22 Jan, 2017

Class 1 Sport — 34.2 km — Race to goal

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Task 2

23 Jan, 2017

Class 1 — 79.3 km — Race to goal

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23 Jan, 2017

Class 1 Sport — 29.4 km — Race to goal

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Task 3

24 Jan, 2017

Class 1 — 75.2 km — Race to goal

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Task 3

24 Jan, 2017

Class 1 Sport — 37.0 km — Race to goal

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Task 4

25 Jan, 2017

Class 1 — 62.0 km — Race to goal

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Task 4

25 Jan, 2017

Class 1 Sport — 25.9 km — Race to goal

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Task 6

27 Jan, 2017

Class 1 — 50.5 km — Race to goal

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Task 6

27 Jan, 2017

Class 1 Sport — 30.8 km — Race to goal

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Task 7

28 Jan, 2017

Class 1 — 55.0 km — Race to goal

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Task 7

28 Jan, 2017

Class 1 Sport — 25.8 km — Race to goal

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