Marco's wingover and tumble
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Story found here: https://www.facebook.com/Marco.Laurenzi.89/posts/1599931943463543
We were shortly after the start, under a line of cumulus, in convergence, at 2500 meters towards the first turn point, when the constant "beep beep" of the vario (0.5 ÷ 1 M / s) gently became more frequent, so I decided to turn and climb the last 100 meters that separated me from the base of the clouds. I'm about to turn right, that's when I feel something. I get ready to undo the 3/4's of VG that I had and tilt slightly to right to try to find the core.
The air was going up faster (2 ÷ 3 M / s) when an unheard force took my right wing and rolled me to the left in no time. The vario went from the beep beep beep to "triiiiiiiii."
I don't remember if I was able to hold onto the control bar. In a fraction of a second I found myself almost like in a wing over, but without the right speed and fighting unnecessarily. From there I saw the earth and a piece of sky upside down and gently feel my feet touch the sail, then my legs, then I lose the control bar and hit with my head on the glider nose. It went from a sudden and immediate event that didn't give me time even to understand to some sort of temporal slowdown, where time seemed to scroll slowly by, until another violent shake that threw me on to the control frame. I only realize after this is the first round of tumbling.
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