FINDING THE WAY
The GPS couldn’t connect. The fog was down, it was cold, dark, wet and we seemed to be no closer to our destination. Things were serious. Here we were, with the world’s best adventure-racing pilot Chrigel Maurer in tow, and we couldn’t find our way to the pub. We had the fun and privilege of hosting Chrigel for three days in the UK in January, on a whistle-stop speaking tour. His first time in the UK we’d been hoping to show off the best of the country under a cold blue sky. Unfortunately the fog rolled in from the east, bringing drizzle and damp. Chrigel didn’t mind, instead asking questions about the weather, wind and spring and summer flatland flying in the south of England. Later, at his talks, he impressed the…