This is my first serious attempt at getting a [Diamond Height badge](https://www.ssa.org/badges/), an achievement for glider pilots who gain 5,000m of altitude or more without propulsion. I use the same kind of trucks I showed off in my previous video to winch launch the glider into the wind from a grass field. 



From there, I have to work to chain together thermals, ridge lift, and shifty breezes into making it over the huge ridge just south of K2. I'm using my mods [RidgeLift](https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/229410-1125-ridgelift-on-ckan-adds-ridge-lift-mountain-waves-and-general-windterrain-interaction/), [KerbalSoaring](https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/229338-1125-kerbalsoaring-on-ckan-adds-thermal-updrafts-and-gliding-to-far/), and [Variometer](https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/229407-1125-variometer-on-ckan-adds-variometer-sound-effects-for-ridge-lift-thermal-updrafts/) in addition to Ferram Aerospace Research and Kerbal Wind Continued to do this. All these mods are available on CKAN!

  
>!In the end I think I misunderstood how the Diamond badge is calculated, and I should have continued climbing to 5,000m above my starting altitude after the winch launch instead of counting the altitude from the launch itself! Drat!!!<

Soaring over the K2 mountain range with just ridge lift and thermals