It was raining at the Catwalk, and the narrow canyon was not a friend of the GPS. But I have pictures!
The trail marker at the end of the trail said 1.1 miles. We hiked around a little extra, so all together it was probably 2.4 miles for the round trip.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
More Gear Thoughts
There are still a few things I look forward to upgrading. I'm not doing it now because they are things for cold weather, and now is not the cold time of year.
I have three pairs of long underwear. One is a set of black REI branded polypro. I think they are at least 15 years old. They have seen a tremendous amount of usage, and are in poor shape. The second is a set of grey Patagonia Capillene. They are probably around 10 years old and aside from some serious sweat stains are still in good shape. The third pair is a set of very heavy military long underwear that has only been worn minimally and is in no need of replacement.
What I want is a set of Smartwool microweight long underwear, and possibly a set of Smartwool midweight long underwear. Book-reading tells me that the Smartwool will outperform the synthetics in every way.
I want a new OR bivouac sack. My OR Advanced Bivy is still in fine shape, but a smaller and lighter sack would be a bit more pleasant to carry around. The cheapest OR bivy is $129, and seems like it would work well for what I would use it for. Actually, this might be a Summer sort of purchase.
I have fantastic memories of just car camping with SAR. Sleeping out in the cold, and getting up to make breakfast. Through a SAR midnight hike I lost my Coleman big green box white gas stove. I've never replaced it, but I'm thinking I should. Another great item for camp is a Coleman white gas dual mantel lantern. Those are warm and bright. For the summer I plan to avoid any cooking due to fire hazards, so these can wait until the Fall.
Overall, things seem squared away on the gear front. I don't feel like I'll be at a disadvantage from a lack of equipment. I need to reacquire a lot of skill again I'm sure. And endurance. I'm not in good enough shape to just trek off on a ten mile hike at a moments notice.
I have three pairs of long underwear. One is a set of black REI branded polypro. I think they are at least 15 years old. They have seen a tremendous amount of usage, and are in poor shape. The second is a set of grey Patagonia Capillene. They are probably around 10 years old and aside from some serious sweat stains are still in good shape. The third pair is a set of very heavy military long underwear that has only been worn minimally and is in no need of replacement.
What I want is a set of Smartwool microweight long underwear, and possibly a set of Smartwool midweight long underwear. Book-reading tells me that the Smartwool will outperform the synthetics in every way.
I want a new OR bivouac sack. My OR Advanced Bivy is still in fine shape, but a smaller and lighter sack would be a bit more pleasant to carry around. The cheapest OR bivy is $129, and seems like it would work well for what I would use it for. Actually, this might be a Summer sort of purchase.
I have fantastic memories of just car camping with SAR. Sleeping out in the cold, and getting up to make breakfast. Through a SAR midnight hike I lost my Coleman big green box white gas stove. I've never replaced it, but I'm thinking I should. Another great item for camp is a Coleman white gas dual mantel lantern. Those are warm and bright. For the summer I plan to avoid any cooking due to fire hazards, so these can wait until the Fall.
Overall, things seem squared away on the gear front. I don't feel like I'll be at a disadvantage from a lack of equipment. I need to reacquire a lot of skill again I'm sure. And endurance. I'm not in good enough shape to just trek off on a ten mile hike at a moments notice.
Cheap Stuff
I have some items that I don't think I need anymore. They shall not be free, but not extravagantly priced.
Mandy is supposed to try the poles out soon to see if she likes them. If she does, she will have priority on them if she wants to buy them from me.
- Petzl Duo 4-AA headlamp with 3 extra halogen bulbs and 1 extra normal bulb. $10
- Princeton Tec Quest 2-AA headlamp with extra bulb and bulb holder. $5
- Mesh hammock big enough to fix two overfed Americans or 3 to 4 Europeans. $10
- Leki Tour Light trekking poles, well used. $10
Mandy is supposed to try the poles out soon to see if she likes them. If she does, she will have priority on them if she wants to buy them from me.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Road Hike And Hammock Report
We went 7.87km this evening, with 353m of elevation change. I also tried out my new hammock.
We left Socorro at 19:00, so it was still light. I achieved my distance goal, but I didn't feel good doing it. I had hoped I would be able to easily achieve, and surpass, the goal, but that didn't happen.
We went up the "trail" that departs from the campground. It isn't marked or official, but it's there. The rock pools and waterfall used to be my favorite place to go as a child, but the stream hardly ever flows now. Brad remembered there was catnip there, and there still is catnip there.
There were a lot of glow in the dark bugs out this evening. Far more than we saw on Tuesday night.
The trip down wasn't nearly as hard on me as it was Tuesday, which is a nice improvement. I think I've strengthened up my knees enough to go down easily.
The hammock is nice, but has one easily noticeable drawback. The old hammock was mesh, the new one is solid cloth. If I tarped over the old hammock it didn't matter if rain hit part of the hammock since it didn't collect. This new hammock looks like it will easily collect water so I can't use my tiny 8 by 5 foot tarp with it in the rain. Other than that, it is easily as big or bigger than my old hammock. Rated to 400 pounds, so it will easily hold me. Overall, this is a nice hammock.
Also, laying in the hammock in the dark looking up at the stars through the trees was very nice. Far more pleasant than the hike up the Mountain.
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We left Socorro at 19:00, so it was still light. I achieved my distance goal, but I didn't feel good doing it. I had hoped I would be able to easily achieve, and surpass, the goal, but that didn't happen.
We went up the "trail" that departs from the campground. It isn't marked or official, but it's there. The rock pools and waterfall used to be my favorite place to go as a child, but the stream hardly ever flows now. Brad remembered there was catnip there, and there still is catnip there.
There were a lot of glow in the dark bugs out this evening. Far more than we saw on Tuesday night.
The trip down wasn't nearly as hard on me as it was Tuesday, which is a nice improvement. I think I've strengthened up my knees enough to go down easily.
The hammock is nice, but has one easily noticeable drawback. The old hammock was mesh, the new one is solid cloth. If I tarped over the old hammock it didn't matter if rain hit part of the hammock since it didn't collect. This new hammock looks like it will easily collect water so I can't use my tiny 8 by 5 foot tarp with it in the rain. Other than that, it is easily as big or bigger than my old hammock. Rated to 400 pounds, so it will easily hold me. Overall, this is a nice hammock.
Also, laying in the hammock in the dark looking up at the stars through the trees was very nice. Far more pleasant than the hike up the Mountain.
Adjusting Gear
I bought new tent stakes. I really liked my old ones, but I wanted to try something new. The old ones are hollow aluminum, the new ones are solid titanium. The old ones didn't bend or break nearly as often as previous tent pegs I'd owned, but they still bent and broke on me. I haven't tried the new ones yet, so I don't know how durable they are. The new ones are much smaller than the old ones, and I'm hard pressed to decide if that is good or bad. I think most of the dirt here is so hard that it won't matter. The new ones weigh 2g more than the old ones. That surprised me. I didn't succeed in reducing weight, but I reduced size and I might have increased reliability.
My new guycable weighs 38g for 15m. My old parachute cord weighs 42g for about 6m. My old parachute cord could be cut with a knife. My new cord is surprisingly knife-proof. I succeeded in reducing weight by quite a bit, and I now have easy to see orange guycables instead of olive drab and hard to see parachute cord.
My old hammock weighs 810g in the stuff sack I kept it in. My new hammock weighs 610 grams in its attached stuff sack. The carabiners on my old hammock weigh 64g each. The carabiners on my new hammock weigh 62g each. But the new ones suck, so I'm swapping them. The new hammock is significantly smaller in terms of pack-size, but appears to be about as big hammock-wise. My old hammock was bought as a replacement for my original hammock. My original hammock was a well made hammocking machine that eventually gave up the ghost after a decade or more of use. The replacement was poorly made junk. I lost 200g of weight, and hopefully I have upgraded quality.
My 9.5 foot by 12 foot Outdoor Products traditional tarp weighs 1024g. My 5 foot by 8 foot silnylon tarp weighs 200g. The traditional tarp has size as an advantage, and costs $350 less than the closest sized silnylon tarp I could buy. Big is nice, but so is light. I have an OR Advanced Bivy, so I really don't need either tarp. They are comfort dwellings. People say that silnylon is durable. I'll find out eventually. My previous Outdoor Products tarp held up for years.
I haven't done much outdoors yet, but I'm feeling very prepared for when I do start doing stuff outdoors!
The surgery is next week. Once I'm cleared for hot springing, I'm headed to Turkey Creek. I need to get in good enough shape to make the hike between now and then. I should make it.
My new guycable weighs 38g for 15m. My old parachute cord weighs 42g for about 6m. My old parachute cord could be cut with a knife. My new cord is surprisingly knife-proof. I succeeded in reducing weight by quite a bit, and I now have easy to see orange guycables instead of olive drab and hard to see parachute cord.
My old hammock weighs 810g in the stuff sack I kept it in. My new hammock weighs 610 grams in its attached stuff sack. The carabiners on my old hammock weigh 64g each. The carabiners on my new hammock weigh 62g each. But the new ones suck, so I'm swapping them. The new hammock is significantly smaller in terms of pack-size, but appears to be about as big hammock-wise. My old hammock was bought as a replacement for my original hammock. My original hammock was a well made hammocking machine that eventually gave up the ghost after a decade or more of use. The replacement was poorly made junk. I lost 200g of weight, and hopefully I have upgraded quality.
My 9.5 foot by 12 foot Outdoor Products traditional tarp weighs 1024g. My 5 foot by 8 foot silnylon tarp weighs 200g. The traditional tarp has size as an advantage, and costs $350 less than the closest sized silnylon tarp I could buy. Big is nice, but so is light. I have an OR Advanced Bivy, so I really don't need either tarp. They are comfort dwellings. People say that silnylon is durable. I'll find out eventually. My previous Outdoor Products tarp held up for years.
I haven't done much outdoors yet, but I'm feeling very prepared for when I do start doing stuff outdoors!
The surgery is next week. Once I'm cleared for hot springing, I'm headed to Turkey Creek. I need to get in good enough shape to make the hike between now and then. I should make it.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Oh What A Brave New World This Is
I was at REI today to pick up my new shelter, a large Outdoor Products tarp. Tarps are great. I use my trekking poles to hold it up, and I can tie it off to random trees. I'd already discovered that there have been major advances in guylines. Instead of buying multi-strand parachute cord sheathed in more nylon, I bought some very light reflective cord. Today, however, I learned that similar advances have led to more modern tarps. My Outdoor Products tarp is heavy, and thick. At REI I found a 5'x8' siltarp. It's razor thin, waterproof, and weighs nearly nothing. It probably isn't as durable and it costs more than the bigger heavier tarp, but the size and weight made it very attractive. I bought one. It's been less than ten years, and so much has changed.
Water Canyon Road Hike
I forgot to reset the GPS odometer at the start. It recorded 2.41 km from the turn around point, so 4.82km total.
There was a nice light rain that fell on us as we hiked down, and a pool of vocal frogs on the side of the road.
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There was a nice light rain that fell on us as we hiked down, and a pool of vocal frogs on the side of the road.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Gear For Yesterday's Hike
Here is what I carried up Mesa Trail #13 yesterday. Some weights are estimates because I didn't weigh anything before I went.
TOTAL: >12353
The GPS got heavier because I added the case for it so that I could clip it on to something. I bought a Marmot lightweight rain jacket and took my heavy REI jacket out of the raingear, but added gaitors to it. The hammock has more webbing in it now than it did.
I ate some peanuts, some carrots, and the apple. I drank less than half the water. I should have drunk all the water.
| Item | Weight |
| organic apple | unknown |
| lexan spoon | 10g |
| ziplock bag | 12g |
| gps | 114g |
| headlamp | 224g |
| lentils | 314g |
| water bottles | ~316g |
| trekking poles | 398g |
| organic carrots | ~454g |
| peanuts | >454g |
| junkbag | 910g |
| raingear | 964g |
| hammock | 1190g |
| backpack | 1606g |
| water | ~2000g |
| digital camera | 3387g |
TOTAL: >12353
The GPS got heavier because I added the case for it so that I could clip it on to something. I bought a Marmot lightweight rain jacket and took my heavy REI jacket out of the raingear, but added gaitors to it. The hammock has more webbing in it now than it did.
I ate some peanuts, some carrots, and the apple. I drank less than half the water. I should have drunk all the water.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Plan For June 28th: The Catwalk
Plans currently are for a trip to the catwalk a week from today, on Sunday June 28th. There is a $3 parking fee which has been imposed to compensate for a lack of federal funding.
The Catwalk trail is a little more than a mile long. Perhaps 1.15 miles long. It is flat walking.
The Catwalk trail is a little more than a mile long. Perhaps 1.15 miles long. It is flat walking.
Mesa Trail #13
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I took lots of pictures this time, so I'll upload some later. Right now, I need to shower.
The GPS recorded the trip as 4.16km, and it looks like 353m of elevation gain.
Gear Talk: Junkbag
And now, a proper inventory of my newly revised junkbag!
TOTAL: 910g
I'm sure I could pare that down to half that weight. The shovel, for instance, is a luxury; I can dig a hole with a stick. The internet tells me that weight-conscious hikers carry a razor blade instead of a knife. There are much smaller LED flashlights out there I could acquire. The patches are only 12g, but I don't really need any of them. I don't do SAR, so the SAR patch and the Kanik patch could be left out. The Starkweather-Moore expedition to Antarctica is fictional, so it never served a purpose at all, other than I'm a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft.
| Item | Weight |
| SAR patch, Starkweather-Moore patch, Kanik patch | 12g |
| film canister with matches | 16g |
| shoelaces | 18g |
| bag | 26g |
| ziplock with toilet paper | 40g |
| waterproof notebook with waterproof pen | 80g |
| AMK ultralight 0.5 first aid kit | 90g |
| LED converted mini-maglight | 96g |
| Victorinox | 98g |
| pouch containing trash bag and space blanket | 134g |
| U-Dig It shovel | 154g |
| pouch with compass, mirror, medical alert tags, whistle | 162g |
TOTAL: 910g
I'm sure I could pare that down to half that weight. The shovel, for instance, is a luxury; I can dig a hole with a stick. The internet tells me that weight-conscious hikers carry a razor blade instead of a knife. There are much smaller LED flashlights out there I could acquire. The patches are only 12g, but I don't really need any of them. I don't do SAR, so the SAR patch and the Kanik patch could be left out. The Starkweather-Moore expedition to Antarctica is fictional, so it never served a purpose at all, other than I'm a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft.
Gear Talk: MSR Stoves
I thought I had posted about my MSR troubles, but I guess I hadn't, so this is an entire story and not just a follow-up.
Last week I pulled out my MSR stoves, a Dragonfly and and International 600, so that I could examine them for signs of age and replace any gaskets that needed replacing.
I bought the Dragonfly at release, which was 1998 I believe. When I replaced the fuel valve after inspecting the gasket the pump body split open. Ok, that pump gets replaced.
Next I moved on to the International 600, which is probably three years older than the Dragonfly, but when I went to remove the fuel valve I found the pump body was already split there. Obviously a problem with the pumps, but they are old so I didn't think it would do much good to complain and I bought new ones.
When the new pumps arrived, the troublesome part of the pump housing had been replaced with brass. I guess I wasn't the only one that this happened too. And now I'm back up to two working MSR stoves. Back when I did still actively spend time outdoors I had moved away from relying on cooking, so they are only marginally more useful fixed than they were broken, but in the fall and winter I'm certain I'll appreciate them a little more than now.
I really want the MSR titanium cooking set because of how light it is. My inclination not to cook has been the only thing saving me from purchasing them.
Last week I pulled out my MSR stoves, a Dragonfly and and International 600, so that I could examine them for signs of age and replace any gaskets that needed replacing.
I bought the Dragonfly at release, which was 1998 I believe. When I replaced the fuel valve after inspecting the gasket the pump body split open. Ok, that pump gets replaced.
Next I moved on to the International 600, which is probably three years older than the Dragonfly, but when I went to remove the fuel valve I found the pump body was already split there. Obviously a problem with the pumps, but they are old so I didn't think it would do much good to complain and I bought new ones.
When the new pumps arrived, the troublesome part of the pump housing had been replaced with brass. I guess I wasn't the only one that this happened too. And now I'm back up to two working MSR stoves. Back when I did still actively spend time outdoors I had moved away from relying on cooking, so they are only marginally more useful fixed than they were broken, but in the fall and winter I'm certain I'll appreciate them a little more than now.
I really want the MSR titanium cooking set because of how light it is. My inclination not to cook has been the only thing saving me from purchasing them.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Walk: June 20, 2009
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Today I spent a lot of money at REI. One of the things I bought was a better pair of boots. I normally wear a 13, but they had none. So I tried on a 14. In many ways, I think 14 is a good size for me. I seem to have a bit too much heel wiggle though. Maybe a 13.5 is what I need, but Vasque doesn't make that size.
I went on a 2.5km walk this evening in my new boots. It didn't turn go poorly for me. Tomorrow I'll try hiking up Blue Mesa trail in them.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Water Canyon Road Hike
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Above is the gps tracklog for the short hike up the road. Andrea and Thor went with me, but Andrea's sinus infection conspired against us so it was a short hike. I say it was still productive, because the change from hiking around flat Socorro to hiking up a grade with a backpack definitely took a toll on me.
Most interesting is that, for the first time in my life, I weighed the stuff I took with me to see how bad it was.
| Item | Weight |
| sunglasses | 24g |
| socks | 62g |
| gps | 86g |
| sunscreen | 142g |
| shorts | 218g |
| headlamp | 226g |
| t-shirt | 258g |
| trekking poles | 398g |
| junkbag | 684g |
| first aid kit | 718g |
| water | 864g |
| hammock | 1048g |
| raingear | 1144g |
| shoes | 1236g |
| pack | 2475g |
| digital camera | 12510g |
TOTAL: 22093g
The junkbag is a sack of useful things. It has a U-Dig It shovel, toilet paper, compass, medical allergy tags, whistle, signal mirror, shoelaces, garbage bag, space blanket, two mini maglites (but no batteries) and probably a few other things.
The junkbag aside, I was carrying 22kg of stuff. The things I actually used, not counting the camera, were only 2282g. And of those things, I could have skipped the 86g gps and 398g trekking poles.
I've always packed heavy. I should stop that.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Other adventures beyond the Magdalena trails
Back in the mid to late 80s me and my friends worried about global thermonuclear war. In the case of a war, we were to gather everything we could find and retreat to a cave in the Magdalena's. I haven't been there since high school. I should go back. It isn't a long hike.
Chaco Canyon is another obvious choice. Even if I didn't need to get in shape, Chaco Canyon is well worth visiting. There are a good handful of trails there.
Up near the Capitan Mountains there is a llama outfitter. They offer day hikes for just under $100 per person. That would be kind of fun.
The Catwalk is a good destination. $3 per person I believe.
Turkey Creek is definitely coming up soon after my testicle gets fixed.
Chaco Canyon is another obvious choice. Even if I didn't need to get in shape, Chaco Canyon is well worth visiting. There are a good handful of trails there.
Up near the Capitan Mountains there is a llama outfitter. They offer day hikes for just under $100 per person. That would be kind of fun.
The Catwalk is a good destination. $3 per person I believe.
Turkey Creek is definitely coming up soon after my testicle gets fixed.
Magdalena Mountain Trails
8 North Baldy Trail
10 Copper Canyon Trail
11 South Baldy Trail
12 Dead Horse Trail
13 Mesa Trail
14 Sixmile Trail
15 South Canyon Trail
17 Ryan Hill Trail
19 West Fork Sawmill Trail
21 Hardy Spring Trail
22 Hardy Ridge Trail
26 Mill Canyon Trail
70 Timber Peak Trail
93 East Fork Sawmill Trail
An obvious goal should be to hike each of them. There aren't many loops in the Magdalena's, so there will be lots of up and down and down and up.
10 Copper Canyon Trail
11 South Baldy Trail
12 Dead Horse Trail
13 Mesa Trail
14 Sixmile Trail
15 South Canyon Trail
17 Ryan Hill Trail
19 West Fork Sawmill Trail
21 Hardy Spring Trail
22 Hardy Ridge Trail
26 Mill Canyon Trail
70 Timber Peak Trail
93 East Fork Sawmill Trail
An obvious goal should be to hike each of them. There aren't many loops in the Magdalena's, so there will be lots of up and down and down and up.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Walk: Jun 16, 2009
I took a short walk after gaming. I walked about 2.46 km according to the GPS. I think the track log worked pretty well this time.
I hooked the GPS up to my FreeBSD box, and tried to pull the info. The gpsfetch program doesn't run anymore because it is missing a library. It was compiled Mar 16, 2005. I've installed a whole new OS since then.
I grabbed the garmin-utils package which gave me a gardump command. It's pretty primitive, but I have the raw data now.
# [Track: track name]
# [yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss] lat long [alt] [start]
Track: ACTIVE LOG
2009-06-18 03:46:04 34.050602 -106.893623 1461.822021 start
2009-06-18 03:46:49 34.050709 -106.893669 1461.822021
2009-06-18 03:46:52 34.050709 -106.893669 1461.822021
2009-06-18 03:54:04 34.049957 -106.893517 1428.656494 start
2009-06-18 03:54:40 34.049763 -106.893600 1414.236572
2009-06-18 03:54:59 34.049549 -106.893562 1413.275391
2009-06-18 03:55:17 34.049313 -106.893585 1413.755859
2009-06-18 03:55:37 34.049057 -106.893562 1412.794678
2009-06-18 03:55:54 34.048820 -106.893539 1414.717285
2009-06-18 03:56:12 34.048584 -106.893517 1415.197998
2009-06-18 03:56:32 34.048347 -106.893539 1413.275391
2009-06-18 03:56:51 34.048111 -106.893539 1413.755859
2009-06-18 03:57:10 34.047874 -106.893539 1414.236572
2009-06-18 03:57:28 34.047638 -106.893562 1415.197998
2009-06-18 03:57:46 34.047466 -106.893372 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:58:05 34.047424 -106.893089 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:58:32 34.047447 -106.892792 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:58:53 34.047577 -106.892509 1415.197998
2009-06-18 03:59:09 34.047791 -106.892403 1413.275391
2009-06-18 03:59:25 34.048027 -106.892334 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:59:42 34.048241 -106.892273 1414.717285
2009-06-18 04:00:00 34.048477 -106.892212 1414.717285
2009-06-18 04:00:18 34.048714 -106.892166 1411.352783
2009-06-18 04:00:37 34.048950 -106.892120 1409.430176
2009-06-18 04:00:55 34.049164 -106.892059 1410.391357
2009-06-18 04:01:11 34.049400 -106.891998 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:01:28 34.049637 -106.891953 1407.988281
2009-06-18 04:01:43 34.049850 -106.891907 1400.297607
2009-06-18 04:02:09 34.050106 -106.891846 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:02:27 34.050365 -106.891823 1401.739502
2009-06-18 04:02:44 34.050602 -106.891777 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:03:03 34.050858 -106.891716 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:03:20 34.051117 -106.891670 1403.662109
2009-06-18 04:03:37 34.051331 -106.891632 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:03:58 34.051567 -106.891586 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:04:16 34.051804 -106.891525 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:04:34 34.052040 -106.891457 1407.507568
2009-06-18 04:04:50 34.052273 -106.891479 1407.988281
2009-06-18 04:05:08 34.052532 -106.891502 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:05:27 34.052746 -106.891525 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:05:46 34.052982 -106.891541 1406.065430
2009-06-18 04:06:07 34.053131 -106.891327 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:06:27 34.053326 -106.891197 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:06:45 34.053391 -106.890900 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:07:02 34.053432 -106.890602 1406.065430
2009-06-18 04:07:18 34.053455 -106.890366 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:07:36 34.053284 -106.890190 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:07:50 34.053089 -106.890106 1401.739502
2009-06-18 04:08:07 34.052895 -106.889999 1401.258789
2009-06-18 04:08:26 34.052681 -106.889870 1401.258789
2009-06-18 04:08:46 34.052467 -106.889740 1399.816895
2009-06-18 04:09:03 34.052254 -106.889763 1399.336182
2009-06-18 04:09:20 34.052040 -106.889656 1398.855469
2009-06-18 04:09:40 34.051929 -106.889420 1400.297607
2009-06-18 04:10:00 34.051994 -106.889122 1403.181396
2009-06-18 04:10:17 34.052059 -106.888779 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:10:37 34.052231 -106.888672 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:10:58 34.052444 -106.888710 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:11:16 34.052532 -106.888435 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:11:32 34.052704 -106.888329 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:11:50 34.052940 -106.888474 1399.336182
2009-06-18 04:12:07 34.053154 -106.888626 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:12:24 34.053368 -106.888779 1396.932861
2009-06-18 04:12:42 34.053562 -106.888924 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:12:51 34.053757 -106.888992 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:13:06 34.053757 -106.889267 1396.932861
2009-06-18 04:13:22 34.053734 -106.889549 1394.049072
2009-06-18 04:13:37 34.053711 -106.889847 1389.242432
2009-06-18 04:13:55 34.053627 -106.890106 1393.568359
2009-06-18 04:14:12 34.053413 -106.890274 1395.490967
2009-06-18 04:14:32 34.053539 -106.890472 1397.894287
2009-06-18 04:14:50 34.053692 -106.890663 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:15:07 34.053883 -106.890816 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:15:24 34.054100 -106.890945 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:15:41 34.054314 -106.891090 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:15:59 34.054462 -106.891266 1396.932861
2009-06-18 04:16:20 34.054379 -106.891563 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:16:41 34.054161 -106.891632 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:17:05 34.053905 -106.891632 1401.739502
2009-06-18 04:17:25 34.053646 -106.891670 1402.219971
2009-06-18 04:17:43 34.053520 -106.891953 1403.662109
2009-06-18 04:18:00 34.053326 -106.892082 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:18:18 34.053261 -106.892357 1405.584961
2009-06-18 04:18:36 34.053238 -106.892639 1407.026855
2009-06-18 04:18:54 34.053196 -106.892914 1408.949463
2009-06-18 04:19:12 34.053154 -106.893173 1408.468750
2009-06-18 04:19:30 34.053154 -106.893478 1407.507568
2009-06-18 04:19:49 34.053005 -106.893692 1406.546143
2009-06-18 04:20:09 34.052769 -106.893692 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:20:27 34.052532 -106.893669 1402.219971
2009-06-18 04:20:47 34.052296 -106.893692 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:21:09 34.052040 -106.893730 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:21:27 34.051781 -106.893646 1407.507568
2009-06-18 04:21:45 34.051544 -106.893646 1408.468750
2009-06-18 04:22:05 34.051289 -106.893623 1408.468750
2009-06-18 04:22:20 34.051052 -106.893600 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:22:38 34.050835 -106.893600 1407.988281
2009-06-18 04:23:00 34.050579 -106.893585 1410.872070
2009-06-18 04:23:18 34.050343 -106.893517 1412.794678
2009-06-18 04:23:36 34.050106 -106.893478 1411.833496
2009-06-18 04:23:53 34.050041 -106.893387 1412.794678
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I hooked the GPS up to my FreeBSD box, and tried to pull the info. The gpsfetch program doesn't run anymore because it is missing a library. It was compiled Mar 16, 2005. I've installed a whole new OS since then.
I grabbed the garmin-utils package which gave me a gardump command. It's pretty primitive, but I have the raw data now.
# [Track: track name]
# [yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss] lat long [alt] [start]
Track: ACTIVE LOG
2009-06-18 03:46:04 34.050602 -106.893623 1461.822021 start
2009-06-18 03:46:49 34.050709 -106.893669 1461.822021
2009-06-18 03:46:52 34.050709 -106.893669 1461.822021
2009-06-18 03:54:04 34.049957 -106.893517 1428.656494 start
2009-06-18 03:54:40 34.049763 -106.893600 1414.236572
2009-06-18 03:54:59 34.049549 -106.893562 1413.275391
2009-06-18 03:55:17 34.049313 -106.893585 1413.755859
2009-06-18 03:55:37 34.049057 -106.893562 1412.794678
2009-06-18 03:55:54 34.048820 -106.893539 1414.717285
2009-06-18 03:56:12 34.048584 -106.893517 1415.197998
2009-06-18 03:56:32 34.048347 -106.893539 1413.275391
2009-06-18 03:56:51 34.048111 -106.893539 1413.755859
2009-06-18 03:57:10 34.047874 -106.893539 1414.236572
2009-06-18 03:57:28 34.047638 -106.893562 1415.197998
2009-06-18 03:57:46 34.047466 -106.893372 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:58:05 34.047424 -106.893089 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:58:32 34.047447 -106.892792 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:58:53 34.047577 -106.892509 1415.197998
2009-06-18 03:59:09 34.047791 -106.892403 1413.275391
2009-06-18 03:59:25 34.048027 -106.892334 1415.678711
2009-06-18 03:59:42 34.048241 -106.892273 1414.717285
2009-06-18 04:00:00 34.048477 -106.892212 1414.717285
2009-06-18 04:00:18 34.048714 -106.892166 1411.352783
2009-06-18 04:00:37 34.048950 -106.892120 1409.430176
2009-06-18 04:00:55 34.049164 -106.892059 1410.391357
2009-06-18 04:01:11 34.049400 -106.891998 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:01:28 34.049637 -106.891953 1407.988281
2009-06-18 04:01:43 34.049850 -106.891907 1400.297607
2009-06-18 04:02:09 34.050106 -106.891846 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:02:27 34.050365 -106.891823 1401.739502
2009-06-18 04:02:44 34.050602 -106.891777 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:03:03 34.050858 -106.891716 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:03:20 34.051117 -106.891670 1403.662109
2009-06-18 04:03:37 34.051331 -106.891632 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:03:58 34.051567 -106.891586 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:04:16 34.051804 -106.891525 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:04:34 34.052040 -106.891457 1407.507568
2009-06-18 04:04:50 34.052273 -106.891479 1407.988281
2009-06-18 04:05:08 34.052532 -106.891502 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:05:27 34.052746 -106.891525 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:05:46 34.052982 -106.891541 1406.065430
2009-06-18 04:06:07 34.053131 -106.891327 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:06:27 34.053326 -106.891197 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:06:45 34.053391 -106.890900 1405.104248
2009-06-18 04:07:02 34.053432 -106.890602 1406.065430
2009-06-18 04:07:18 34.053455 -106.890366 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:07:36 34.053284 -106.890190 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:07:50 34.053089 -106.890106 1401.739502
2009-06-18 04:08:07 34.052895 -106.889999 1401.258789
2009-06-18 04:08:26 34.052681 -106.889870 1401.258789
2009-06-18 04:08:46 34.052467 -106.889740 1399.816895
2009-06-18 04:09:03 34.052254 -106.889763 1399.336182
2009-06-18 04:09:20 34.052040 -106.889656 1398.855469
2009-06-18 04:09:40 34.051929 -106.889420 1400.297607
2009-06-18 04:10:00 34.051994 -106.889122 1403.181396
2009-06-18 04:10:17 34.052059 -106.888779 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:10:37 34.052231 -106.888672 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:10:58 34.052444 -106.888710 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:11:16 34.052532 -106.888435 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:11:32 34.052704 -106.888329 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:11:50 34.052940 -106.888474 1399.336182
2009-06-18 04:12:07 34.053154 -106.888626 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:12:24 34.053368 -106.888779 1396.932861
2009-06-18 04:12:42 34.053562 -106.888924 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:12:51 34.053757 -106.888992 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:13:06 34.053757 -106.889267 1396.932861
2009-06-18 04:13:22 34.053734 -106.889549 1394.049072
2009-06-18 04:13:37 34.053711 -106.889847 1389.242432
2009-06-18 04:13:55 34.053627 -106.890106 1393.568359
2009-06-18 04:14:12 34.053413 -106.890274 1395.490967
2009-06-18 04:14:32 34.053539 -106.890472 1397.894287
2009-06-18 04:14:50 34.053692 -106.890663 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:15:07 34.053883 -106.890816 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:15:24 34.054100 -106.890945 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:15:41 34.054314 -106.891090 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:15:59 34.054462 -106.891266 1396.932861
2009-06-18 04:16:20 34.054379 -106.891563 1397.413574
2009-06-18 04:16:41 34.054161 -106.891632 1400.778076
2009-06-18 04:17:05 34.053905 -106.891632 1401.739502
2009-06-18 04:17:25 34.053646 -106.891670 1402.219971
2009-06-18 04:17:43 34.053520 -106.891953 1403.662109
2009-06-18 04:18:00 34.053326 -106.892082 1404.623535
2009-06-18 04:18:18 34.053261 -106.892357 1405.584961
2009-06-18 04:18:36 34.053238 -106.892639 1407.026855
2009-06-18 04:18:54 34.053196 -106.892914 1408.949463
2009-06-18 04:19:12 34.053154 -106.893173 1408.468750
2009-06-18 04:19:30 34.053154 -106.893478 1407.507568
2009-06-18 04:19:49 34.053005 -106.893692 1406.546143
2009-06-18 04:20:09 34.052769 -106.893692 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:20:27 34.052532 -106.893669 1402.219971
2009-06-18 04:20:47 34.052296 -106.893692 1402.700684
2009-06-18 04:21:09 34.052040 -106.893730 1404.143066
2009-06-18 04:21:27 34.051781 -106.893646 1407.507568
2009-06-18 04:21:45 34.051544 -106.893646 1408.468750
2009-06-18 04:22:05 34.051289 -106.893623 1408.468750
2009-06-18 04:22:20 34.051052 -106.893600 1409.910645
2009-06-18 04:22:38 34.050835 -106.893600 1407.988281
2009-06-18 04:23:00 34.050579 -106.893585 1410.872070
2009-06-18 04:23:18 34.050343 -106.893517 1412.794678
2009-06-18 04:23:36 34.050106 -106.893478 1411.833496
2009-06-18 04:23:53 34.050041 -106.893387 1412.794678
[end transfer, 102/102 records]
Gear update: MSR problems
During gaming tonight I fiddled with my two MSR stoves. The goal was to check all the parts in the pumps. The Dragonfly pump cracked when I reattached the fuel knob. The Whisperlight pump was already cracked when I went to take the fuel knob off to check it. They are both only about eleven years old. I feel cheated.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Walk: June 16, 2009
After gaming tonight I went for a walk. Eric Beckstead walked with me. I headed from my house to Cooneys, to Eric's house, to Wal*Mart via 5th street, to Burger King, around Sedillo park and back to my house. I took my GPS with me, but spent much of the walk fiddling with settings. I have a partial track log of the post-Wal*Mart section of the hike. I haven't uploaded a track log in four years, so I'll have to scrounge to figure it out again. Maybe my mac will finally be able to do it without needing to use the FreeBSD machine.
Planning post: June 21, 2009
Sunday I plan to go to Water Canyon and hike up to Blue Mesa. I plan to go in the morning. Currently, I don't know of anyone who wants to go.
Planning post: June 18th 2009
June 18th shall be my first visit with The Mountain. I plan to go to Water Canyon campground and hike up the road to see how far I get. I might have my paper journal by then, if not, I'll improvise. I will GPS it for posterity.
My departure time is still undecided. I'd like people to go with me, but so far I have one maybe. On my own, I'll head up around 15:30 or so.
My departure time is still undecided. I'd like people to go with me, but so far I have one maybe. On my own, I'll head up around 15:30 or so.
Introduction: I "don't have two months"
Earlier this month, in June of 2009, I went to the doctor because of a medical issue. It had been a year and a half since I'd a had a check up, so the doctor looked at a few things. I had gone in with some mysterious swelling, and I left with knowledge that my triglycerides were 900+ and my blood sugar was 400+. I wanted time to think about this and change my lifestyle a little, but the doctor was quite adamant that I didn't have two months. Her exact words were, in fact, "You don't have two months." I'd felt fine, but my A1C is 13+. The swelling is just a hydrocele, and it gets removed soon. The diabetes is a stern shape-up-or-die message.
My long term "retirement" plans had always been mountaineering. Over the long run, the mountain wins. Right now, I'm faced with death by diet. Not a fun prospect. My friend the mountain will provide me with a far better life. I'll be thinner, healthier, and I'll have a lot more fun than I currently do sitting around the house playing World Of Warcraft.
This is my attempt at self-motivation. When I go on adventures, this will be my main journal of them. I can also use it to plan and announce adventures. I plan to cross-post to my other online activities.
My long term "retirement" plans had always been mountaineering. Over the long run, the mountain wins. Right now, I'm faced with death by diet. Not a fun prospect. My friend the mountain will provide me with a far better life. I'll be thinner, healthier, and I'll have a lot more fun than I currently do sitting around the house playing World Of Warcraft.
This is my attempt at self-motivation. When I go on adventures, this will be my main journal of them. I can also use it to plan and announce adventures. I plan to cross-post to my other online activities.
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