Yup. On top of that, I just read the thread in the Beginners' forum about people getting their fingers cut by propellers, which made flying sailplanes seem even more special.
I've always loved sailplanes, and I've got a couple of hours in the real thing, including some easy and thrilling slope soaring on Oahu. When I think of all of the time I spent as a kid throwing various uncontrolled gliders into the air and then wishing I had some control over them, to finally be able to have that control yesterday was incredible (I'm 50, so it was a long time coming).
Sorry about the thread hijack. Back to talk about slope soaring, okay?