Hi Cats Five
From the flight log - I took off just over an hour before you and landed 5 mins behind you,you guys must have done it the easy/skillful way almost straight from A/T
I made hard work of it LOL,through lack of skill on my part I ended up stuck on/near Bishop for 1 hour just above the ridge,I was obviously waiting for something better to come along - eventually managed to get a semi decent thermal to get across to W Lomond and then transition to wave.Actually looking at my barogram I must have been in at least 8kt up for a while - I must have been enjoying the view too much to really take in the vario reading.
I also was climbing in a straight line @ 46kt at one stage with a little + Flap selected but usually flying a little faster than that
cheers LR