Thanks again nathaniel and perry it was a great trip.
ghost town run day one
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JadeRunner
Rising Sun Member
It sounds like you guys really like those 2 Meter radio's.
I do hate the poor overall quality, poor range and static that I get on my beloved Cobra in dash with front fireing spearker.
I do hate the poor overall quality, poor range and static that I get on my beloved Cobra in dash with front fireing spearker.
Groucho
Rising Sun Ham Guru
Hardcore GTR wheeling
Here are the only 4 shots I took(actually Matt took them) during the entire weekend. They are of Tim and Ige going down the "short way" from the upper level down to the mine.
We also did some trash removal. Bill, does that count toward some hours for our adopted trail stuff?
Here are the only 4 shots I took(actually Matt took them) during the entire weekend. They are of Tim and Ige going down the "short way" from the upper level down to the mine.
We also did some trash removal. Bill, does that count toward some hours for our adopted trail stuff?
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nuclearlemon
Hard Core 4+
don't even have to pick up trash to have it count. all we have to do is be there, so, yes, turn in the hours.
what was the actual head count? i'll turn it into the state.
what was the actual head count? i'll turn it into the state.
Shark Bait
Rising Sun Member
see if you can name all three red heads in the last pic (only one is mine)
Charlie, Madeline and Bella.
What do I win? 
Rezarf
Hard Core 4+
Oh my goodness... there is a 40 in that picture!
Sad to have missed thanks for the pics!
Drew
Sad to have missed thanks for the pics!
Drew
I went up on sunday with the wife and kids. We had a great time. Some quick pics.
On the way up from saints john's
Wild Irishman in the foreground
The trucks parked above wild irishman for lunch
A pic of the flowers out the window on boreas pass
On the way up from saints john's
Wild Irishman in the foreground
The trucks parked above wild irishman for lunch
A pic of the flowers out the window on boreas pass
I have no idea if this is true or not.
But a guy I work with is a big Colorado history buff and when he heard where I went for the weekend he asked me if I would like to know why it's called Saints John instead of Saint John. I said "well I was wondering that myself"
He said...
When the town was formed, the towns people got together and and decided the town should be called Saint John. Which was fine and dandy, but half the people thought it was after John the Baptist, and the other half thought it was after John the Evangalist. He said the dispute got so heated, shots were fired. In the interest of keeping the peace they named it Saints John after the both of them.
Anyone confirm this?
But a guy I work with is a big Colorado history buff and when he heard where I went for the weekend he asked me if I would like to know why it's called Saints John instead of Saint John. I said "well I was wondering that myself"
He said...
When the town was formed, the towns people got together and and decided the town should be called Saint John. Which was fine and dandy, but half the people thought it was after John the Baptist, and the other half thought it was after John the Evangalist. He said the dispute got so heated, shots were fired. In the interest of keeping the peace they named it Saints John after the both of them.
Anyone confirm this?
Have some background in hf, I will say y'all are right about the clarity and such. However, I will also say that MOST people don't get a real cb either. When I made the jump to a real unit, with max power, proper tuning, cabling, and antenna, the cb difference was amazing. All those things a ham set up has from the beginning (currently) Right now, you really can't get a "cheap" ham set-up like you can a cb. meaning, you can get a cheap 60.00 set up for cb, including antenna, and it will perform like it.
2m is cool, and is way better for alpine wheeling from a safety aspect. I can't remember the last time I was actually able to find an emergency worker on cb...
2m is cool, and is way better for alpine wheeling from a safety aspect. I can't remember the last time I was actually able to find an emergency worker on cb...
Three Wheel Ben
Trail Ready
True, but no matter how much you spend on a cb you're never gonna hit the repeaters.
I was late on Sat and could talk to Nathaniel in Keystone, and Tim about 10-15 miles ahead of me on I-70 with the group. Much clearer and easier to understand than the cb. Granted we were using the repeater but even simplex will get you 30+ miles. Plus at the end of the day we headed back to camp through Dillon and were able to talk to Brian down in Denver so we knew just how much heat we were missing.
I couldn't find my cb and didn't really miss it all weekend. Maybe I hid it from myself so I didn't have to suffer through using it.
I was late on Sat and could talk to Nathaniel in Keystone, and Tim about 10-15 miles ahead of me on I-70 with the group. Much clearer and easier to understand than the cb. Granted we were using the repeater but even simplex will get you 30+ miles. Plus at the end of the day we headed back to camp through Dillon and were able to talk to Brian down in Denver so we knew just how much heat we were missing.
I couldn't find my cb and didn't really miss it all weekend. Maybe I hid it from myself so I didn't have to suffer through using it.
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wesintl
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where is wild irishman?
It was up above Saints Johns, which was just past Montezuma which is behind Keystone.
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Yeah, Montezuma. one of those M towns.. I'll update the above.
Jethro
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More photos from GTR
My daughter, Kerry Fannon took some photos on this run. They can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/9000526@N06/Tqj6u2
Here's a sample:
My daughter, Kerry Fannon took some photos on this run. They can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/9000526@N06/Tqj6u2
Here's a sample:
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Hants
Hard Core 4+
Wow... unless she's already a professional photographer, she should quit her day job!
What model camera is she using. Those pictures are outstanding!!! Did she use any software to "enhance" them?