{"id":1210,"date":"2012-08-01T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2012-08-01T13:35:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:35:17","slug":"backpacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"Backpacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, about two weeks ago, I was invited to go on a quick backpacking trip up in the mountains of eastern Washington. More specifically around the Engalls Creek trail.<\/p>\n

In total the hike was supposed to be about 5.5 miles long and about 1500′ of elevation gain. We ended up seeing a really nice spot to camp at about 4.5 miles in, so we decided that we’d stop there.<\/p>\n

I brought my IC-706, a battery, and an antenna in the goal of getting on the air and trying for some contacts on 15 meters. However, when we got to the camp site, I was exhausted, so I took a nap, and by the time I got up from that it was getting darker and the propagation was surely on the decline. So no contacts, but I rationalize it by saying it was extra exercise hauling a lead acid battery and a steel cased radio up a mountain.<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo I took along the trail. Maybe a mile or so in.<\/p>\n

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And here’s another I took at about the 2.5 mile point. This big scree field has a lot of ice and snow underneath the boulders, cooling the air. As the air cools and flows down the slope, out the bottom blows a reasonably substantial and cold breeze. A welcome relief on an 85 degree day.<\/p>\n

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