This was the second summit of the day for So.Cal Winter SOTA Fest, having just finished up Su Casa Benchmark to the north. I missed a open clearing to park off the narrow dirt road and couldn’t turn around after realizing my mistake, so I ended up parking a bit further away. After slathering on sunscreen, E and I started hiking up the summit, following a track provided by Kevin, the event organizer. After getting through a wash and dry waterfall we started the steeper climb up out of a box canyon. I kept thinking of my great uncle, Jack, who lost a leg in WWII. He would always joke that the lack of a leg was an advantage when walking sideways across a hill. I think he might have been comfortable than me because most of this hike is side-hilling. The summit was super windy, so I only worked 40M and 2M. On the way down, we took a much better route as we had gone through a sketchy area on the way up.
https://sotl.as/summits/W6/SD-128
Max elevation: 4090 ft
Total climbing: 1640 ft
Total time: 03:43:29
Date:13/01/2024 | Summit:W6/SD-128 (Daggett Ridge)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:33 | K6STR | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-010 |
| 21:34 | W6LOR | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-010 |
| 21:37 | KN6FNY | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 |
| 21:38 | KD7DTS | 144MHz | FM | S55 R55 S2S W6/CT-015 |
| 21:48 | NW7E | 7MHz | CW | S52N R53N |
| 21:49 | NT6E | 7MHz | CW | S599 R55N |
| 21:50 | K6YK | 7MHz | CW | S55N R57N |
| 21:51 | WA6KYR | 7MHz | CW | S57N R55N |
| 21:52 | WB7ULD | 7MHz | CW | S56N R53N |
| 21:54 | KD7DTS | 7MHz | CW | S55N R55N S2S W6/CT-015 |
| 21:55 | W6TDX | 7MHz | CW | S53N R53N |
| 21:56 | KN6OMN | 7MHz | CW | S58N R599 |
| 21:57 | N6AN | 7MHz | CW | S52N R54N S2S W6/CT-225 |
| 21:57 | WB6POT | 7MHz | CW | S599 R599 |
| 21:58 | K6MAA | 7MHz | CW | S57N R53N |
| 22:00 | W6KME | 7MHz | CW | S599 R599 |
| 22:07 | KN6FNY | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-060 |
| 22:07 | KN6RDC | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-060 |
| 22:16 | N6XZN | 144MHz | FM | S55 R55 S2S W6/SD-442 |
