Stalking the Mountain Wave Ursula Wiese Mountain lee wave meteorology and the history of wave soaring in southern Alberta Second edition 3 April 2011 Notes to this .pdf version of Stalking the Mountain Wave As there will be no third edition of the 1997 book (as I write there are only a dozen copies still unsold from the 1000 that were printed), Ursula and I thought the content should not be lost to those pilots new to wave flying in general and Cowley in particular. There are some small differences between this and the printed book. The PageMaker files of the book had no photographs incorporated. The “historical” photographs were no longer available so I had to scan the photos off the book pages with consequent unavoidable loss of quality regardless of the PhotoShop tweaking done to perk them up. Happily though, most of the “contemporary” photos remained on hand and they are now in this pdf copy in glorious colour. Photos on pages 28, 155, 171, and 203 are not identical to the originals but come from the same sequence of photos in each case and convey the same story. The pages 8/9 Livingstone Range panorama is new. Another difference is that in converting the old PageMaker files to InDesign, there are small differences in the “font metrics”, hence lines of text are often not identical. Lastly, I took the opportunity to update the Cowley Diamond climb/records list. Enjoy the book. On screen, I recommend using ‘facing pages’. Stalking the Mountain Wave Second edition Ursula Wiese Mountain lee wave meteorology and the history of wave soaring in southern Alberta Stalking the Mountain Wave Second edition ©1997 by Ursula Wiese Published by Stellar Craftworks Box 1916, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada T0L 0T0
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