John "JT" Taylor is a true ACP...

Monday I went to Funston to fly in some wonderfully buoyant air and ended up on the beach...don't ask why...just accept the fact that I ended up on the beach trapped north of the sewer pipe and just south of the next bumpout while high tide was rolling in...this required some effort on my part and my Ace Comp Pilot skills pulled through once again.

John Taylor

I was in a spot and pissed at myself for getting there. Time was not on my side either with the tide rolling in. I had to get my gear up the cliff, so I ran with my glider to what I thought was a clear area south of the sewer pipe...wrong...more rocks south of the sewer pipe as the waves came crashing in. I actually thought I might have to leave the glider there over night and come back later the next morning when the tide was lower...

Then...off in the distance...I saw a struggling figure tumbling down the face of the cliff...with...with my glider bag in his had...it was Ace Comp Pilot John Taylor. He saw a brother's need and came to the rescue...what a guy!

JT distracted by something at Walt's Point in the Owens Valley

John helped break down my glider and hike it up the steep cliff face...I couldn't have done it without him!

John, I owe you dinner, beer, and a retrieve from the beach! You are the dude...thank you!