Hahaha... did you take the road or the goat's trail down to Blacks? Those
days a couple of people died every year doing the trail. Now, apparently,
it's got a real live stairway.

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Capt. JG wrote:
No way! I was there... just barely though... left SD in 1980. Mostly, my
girlfriend and I were in Solana Beach. We had a great place on the cliffs
overlooking the ocean. Even at the top of the summer, there were just a
few
people on that stretch of beach.

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we use to surf flat bottom skiff on the rollers off Pt.Loma. It was a
blast. We'd rent them from the Navy special services. I don't no how
many times we wiped out and ended up on the beach drying motors out.
Nothing like diving in a kelp forest with otters.

Coronado was something else, While practicing beach landing we would
always take seals 3 mi off and they would have to swim back. ABC school
is now a thing of the past.

Lost my High School ring tumbling down the cliffs of Blacks Beach with
a keg.

Joe




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Back in 1979, While attending Amphibious boat coxian school on Coronodo
island.

Joe

Well it was a poor goat trail. That was a great place to Hang Glide.
The first time I ever tried it was at Black's beach. They had an old
wood ramp off the cliff. I got to far away from the cliff and had to
pack the glider back to the top. But hey I landed on the beach.

Joe

Wow... looks like we chewed the same dirt.. I have a great picture of a
fixed wing glider trying to land on the cliffs. He just hung there for 10
minutes trying to set down without munching it. Every once in a while,
someone would attempt to return, fail, and smash into the side of the
cliffs. We used to see people landing on the beach all the time. I always
thought it took more guts than I have to jump off a cliff. :-) Long climb
with a glider on your back!

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Well it was a poor goat trail. That was a great place to Hang Glide.
The first time I ever tried it was at Black's beach. They had an old
wood ramp off the cliff. I got to far away from the cliff and had to
pack the glider back to the top. But hey I landed on the beach.

Joe

Capt. JG wrote:
Wow... looks like we chewed the same dirt.. I have a great picture of a
fixed wing glider trying to land on the cliffs. He just hung there for 10
minutes trying to set down without munching it. Every once in a while,
someone would attempt to return, fail, and smash into the side of the
cliffs.

What's better is the guy who jumps off the ramp expecting an updraft
that stopped, most times it's a sharp turn into the face and a tumble
down to the beach. I bet the tech has advanced big time since the 70's
80's with the triangle gliders.


We used to see people landing on the beach all the time. I always
thought it took more guts than I have to jump off a cliff. :-) Long climb
with a glider on your back!

It was a half day ordeal. And the view was nice.


Joe



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"Joe" wrote in message
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Well it was a poor goat trail. That was a great place to Hang Glide.
The first time I ever tried it was at Black's beach. They had an old
wood ramp off the cliff. I got to far away from the cliff and had to
pack the glider back to the top. But hey I landed on the beach.

Joe