This summit is named after Charles Merwin Gilbert (1910 – 1988), you can read more about his life and career here —> https://eps.berkeley.edu/content/charles-merwin-gilbert. I didn’t do any internet searches on how to summit this peak before attempting it myself, but I think there is a better way up than the way I went. I took the moto through the forest on an (unnamed?) road and parked as close to the summit as one could, then hiked straight up the side of the hill. It was hot; I was quickly moving from shady spot to shady spot to stay out of the blazing sun. Drank almost a liter of water on the way up. At the top, some interesting rock formations and a plaque dedicated to Charles Merwin Gilbert. I setup my station just off the side of the rock formation, under a shady tree, where I got attacked by crawling insects that liked bite me. Called out on 2M, made no contacts. Worked 20M SSB, and 30M CW. Two S2S contacts.
https://sotl.as/summits/W6/ND-026
Max elevation: 8638 ft
Total climbing: 789 ft
Total time: 02:11:43
Date:06/07/2021 | Summit:W6/ND-026 (Gilbert Peak)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:08 | N0WAE | 14MHz | SSB | S56 R55 |
| 18:09 | NS7P | 14MHz | SSB | S58 R57 |
| 18:10 | K5DEZ | 14MHz | SSB | S42 R42 |
| 18:11 | W7GNM | 14MHz | SSB | S57 R59 |
| 18:12 | KJ7UIZ | 14MHz | SSB | S35 R53 |
| 18:27 | KX0R | 10MHz | CW | R549 S599 S2S W0C/FR-080 |
| 18:31 | K0DAJ | 14MHz | SSB | S57 R45 S2S W0D/BB-002 |
| 18:34 | WU7H | 14MHz | SSB | S42 R55 |
| 18:34 | WW7D | 14MHz | SSB | S59 R53 |
