make sense. I thought NM would have higher waivers?? Less people live there. More wide open.
It all depends on what else is around. My home club in Utah has a 10,000' waiver, and for our summer bash (Hellfire) we have call-in windows to 25,000'. The issue that we have is the military "owns" most of the airspace in Utah. The 25,000' waiver is on the salt flats, where we are using the 5 mile wide corridor that commercial airlines also use.
The combination of finding land you can use and airspace that you can use is a lot more challenging than you would think.
I'm also excited for a 12k waiver. I've got a flight that sims to 10k, so I thought I would have to wait until next summer. Wildman Darkstar Jr on a Loki K1127. Now just got to get the tracking sorted out!