W6/IN-048 – 5213

This was the last summit of four I activated on a solo camping trip in Lone Pine, and my third climb of the day.  At this point, the temperature was quite warm, and the wind was starting to get a bit unruly.  I parked the car right off Movie Road and started hiking up to the summit.  Once there I used the EFHW, which was tough to wrangle in the wind.  The golf umbrella I used for shade was useless in these conditions.  Worked 20,30, 40M CW and got back down to the car as quickly as I could.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/IN-048

Total distance: 1.2 mi
Max elevation: 5138 ft
Total climbing: 863 ft
Total time: 02:11:52
Download file: W6IN048.gpx

Date:08/04/2022 | Summit:W6/IN-048 (5213)

Time Callsign Band Mode Notes
20:42 N8FN 7MHz CW S58N R55N
20:43 N6TEM 7MHz CW S54N R52N
20:44 KR7RK 7MHz CW S55N R33N
20:44 K6LDQ 7MHz CW S58N R52N
20:46 W7CBR 7MHz CW S52N R599
20:47 K6EL 7MHz CW S52N R55N S2S W6/NC-423
20:47 NS7P 7MHz CW S589 R54N
20:49 AJ6KZ 7MHz CW S58N R54N S2S W6/CT-015
20:51 K6TUY 7MHz CW S579 R56N
20:52 W7SKH 7MHz CW S559 R599
20:54 N6PKT 7MHz CW S42N R52N
20:56 K6QCB 7MHz CW S53N R53N
21:05 WA6LE 10MHz CW S559 R58N S2S W6/ND-144
21:08 KN6FNY 10MHz CW S58N R55N
21:10 WW7D 10MHz CW S52N R33N
21:11 WU7H 10MHz CW S42N R22N
21:13 AG6ZE 10MHz CW S57N R55N
21:14 AI6QZ 10MHz CW S57N R55N
21:20 KE6IWM 144MHz FM S59 R59
21:26 F4WBN 14MHz CW S44N R599
21:28 AC7P 14MHz CW S52N R44N
21:29 WA2USA 14MHz CW S529 R459
21:30 N0IPA 14MHz CW S44N R42N
21:31 KF9D 14MHz CW S52N R52N
21:33 W9VNE 14MHz CW S42N R44N
21:36 N5JST 14MHz CW S42N R55N
21:38 AI5EZ 14MHz CW S53N R55N
21:40 N7ZQ 14MHz CW S53N R55N

 

W6/IN-045 – 5396

This was my first summit in a series of four while solo camping in Lone Pine.  I had just drove up from Los Angeles, found a place to camp, setup my tent, relaxed a bit, then headed over to W6/IN-046, also known as “Rattlesnake Hill”.  There was no apparent trail to the summit, so I parked my car in a small clearing and just headed up the mountain, watching out for rattle snakes on my way.  Once the steep part was out of the way I picked up what looked like a use-trail and followed it up the the geographical summit.  Used a vertical and worked 20M.  One contact on 2M with a local who told me to watch out for snakes.  When heading down, I picked up on a much better trail.  I’ll take this way up next time.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/IN-045

Total distance: 2.03 mi
Max elevation: 5322 ft
Total climbing: 1624 ft
Total time: 02:30:53
Download file: W6IN045.gpx

Date:07/04/2022 | Summit:W6/IN-045 (5396)

Time Callsign Band Mode Notes
21:35 AC7P 14MHz CW S559 R559
21:36 W4KRN 14MHz CW S57N R44N
21:38 N0IPA 14MHz CW S33N R42N
21:43 KF9D 14MHz CW S55N R55N
21:44 W0RLY 14MHz CW S57N R57N
21:46 VE7HI 14MHz CW S57N R33N
21:47 WG0AT 14MHz CW S33N R54N
21:52 W5BOS 14MHz CW S599 R55N
21:54 WV0Q 14MHz CW S55N R53N
21:55 NU7A 14MHz CW S54N R33N
21:58 WX1S 14MHz CW S52N R55N
22:01 KD6TLE 144MHz FM S59 R59

Use-Trail