1 jump, wind.

I got one jump in today. Load 2. I was spotting. Surprised to see a plane directly below us. Grant said it was on final to the airport, and it turned down the taxiway. I wanted to extend jump run a little bit because of the wind. Green light on, Grant said go.

Got out just before the rainbow field. Did some tracking and turns with legs only.

Opened roughly over the 6. By the time I did control checks, I was in front of the hangar. Flew back to the 6 easily enough. On landing, I realized the winds were definitely higher than the 15 kts when I got on the plane. Got just enough penetration into the wind to land well into the grass up from the picnic area. Ground winds were 20 when I landed. Still, easy landing.

Spent the rest of the day waiting for the winds to drop. Swapped skydiving stories, watched malfunction training videos, worked on packing. My flaking part of packing seems to have taken a step backward.