Parapente Mexique - 51300 Temascaltepec de González

Olivier and I shared a wonderful 3 hour XC adventure all around Valle de Bravo. We launched together at el Peñon and made quick work towards the walls. Before I knew it I was at cloudbase and we made the transition over to the "3 kings" and continued our journey down the divisadero ridge. We chatted on radio which took away some of my apprehension of being in unfamiliar terrain. As we made our way back from the end of the ridge towards the 3 kings I started having more trouble staying up (fighting a headwind, less lift, lower cloudbase etc.). I really had to fight to stay in the broken thermals. Although I had loss track of Olivier at this point, he had not lost track of me! He came on the radio with words of encouragement, "stick with it Taylor! You got this!". As I continued my turns in the thermal I could see Olivier above me showing me where the thermals were drifting. He continued to climb higher and higher showing me the invisible path of lift that would bring me back to the clouds. We continued to climb together (him always slightly infront showing me the way) as we let the thermals drift us deeper and deeper over the mesa. I pointed my glider towards Valle de Bravo and as I soared past cerro gordo I knew I was going to make it! Olivier at this point was around 1000 feet below me, as instead of heading straight for the safety of Valle, he waited around cerro gordo to make sure that I was going to be ok and that I would make it there. I came on radio excited that I was going to make it to the lake and apologized for making him wait around. He said, "don't worry about me, I will make it work" and he did. We both landed at the lake LZ in Valle de bravo having just flown more than 50 miles all around the surrounding mountains and valleys. Sufficiently stoked and mentally exhausted, we shared a beer and enjoyed the sun and the breeze. This was the best flight of my life and Olivier helped make it possible. 10/10 would do it again.