From: mendo_recce@ridgecrest.ca.us Subject: Digest for mendo_recce: 8/26/1996 Errors-To: owner-mendo_recce@ridgecrest.ca.us Reply-To: mendo_recce@ridgecrest.ca.us Precedence: bulk This is the digest for the mendo_recce mailling list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------ From: twakeman@scruznet.com (TeriAnn Wakeman) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 06:46:04 -0700 Subject: Re: directions to Portland all British meet At 7:41 PM 8/25/96 -0700, Douglas W. Forehand wrote: >Will someone please post the location of the meet and >directions to it (coming from Calif on Interstate 5). > >Thanks >Doug Doug Your goal is the Portland International Raceway (PIR). If you are going directly there, just stay on #5 and there are signs on the freeway telling you the exit. You want exit #306B, You get off the freeway, pass under the freeway & you are there. If you come up #101 there are a number of crossings to #5 throughout Oregon. #5 is the route of choice if you are driving straight up. If you or anyone in your party have a problem with heights, you do not want to take #5 over the Wallamette river. Take the Portland bipass #205 just before Portland. Once you get over the willamette, there is a highway you can take, #14, the goes parallel to the Willaminite and conects back into #5 just after the bridge. Once you connect to #5. go north to exit #306B. If you are camping on the field, the best time to arrive is late Friday aftenoon while you still have time to set up camp before dark. The PIR gates are supposed to be closed at midnight. Be sure to bring enough good micro brews to share with others Fri and Sat night. See you there TeriAnn twakeman@scruznet.com ------------------------------------ From: Benjamin Allan Smith Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:54:33 -0700 Subject: Re: Net.LRO's planning to be at the Portland ABFM In message <199608262050.NAA21570@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us>you write: > Here's the people that have responded so far. If you don't see your name > on the list and want to, reply ("small-r") to me and I'll add it. I'll > send the updated version Wednesday (for the benefit of the Digest > members & travelers) and Friday AM (if it's different) for the > last-minute real-time folks (such as myself). I'll be there. Just me, no Rover. Dora needs some transmission attention and is in Santa Clara, CA. I'm in Kansas City, Mo, so I'll be flying directly to Portland. Ben ------------------------------------ From: "Robert Watson (CNA/Solutions)" Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:45:29 -0700 Subject: Net.LRO's planning to be at the Portland ABFM Here's the people that have responded so far. If you don't see your name on the list and want to, reply ("small-r") to me and I'll add it. I'll send the updated version Wednesday (for the benefit of the Digest members & travelers) and Friday AM (if it's different) for the last-minute real-time folks (such as myself). -- Bob W. Owner Bob Watson a-robw@microsoft.com Vehicle Beluga Black Discovery License WA N7UMU Identifying marks or features Light bar, Brush Bar Owner John Ousterhout jouster@earth.rocket.com Vehicle Sand 109 License WA 041 BMJ Identifying marks or features HD Bumper, Raised Exhaust, Diesel Owner Dave Rosenbaum rosenbau@u.washington.edu Vehicle Conniston Green D90 License WA 194 FJL Identifying marks or features Surrey Top Owner Bruce Curtis brutus@Eng.Sun.COM Vehicle Beluga Black Discovery License CA 3NFH715 Identifying marks or features OME Lift, SG Bumper & Skid Plate, CB/HAM Owner TeriAnn Wakeman twakeman@scruznet.com Vehicle bare w/ patches series II 109 two door License CA Hist. 7050 Identifying marks or features Dormobile w/snorkel & blond Irish Wolfhound Owner John White jcwhite3@well.com Vehicle Epsom Green Discovery License CA 3MRV171 Identifying marks or features SG bumper w/Warn winch, GP roof rack, Hella lights Owner Chris Youngson cyoungso@direct.ca Identifying marks or features Will be walking around (no rover this year) Owner Doug Forehand dwf@eng.sun.com Vehicle Avalon Blue Discovery License CA 3PBB648 Identifying marks or features Factory winch kit ------------------------------------ From: "Robert Watson (CNA/Solutions)" Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:56:47 -0700 Subject: Rovers, Hams & the Portland ABFM If you are a Ham (a.k.a. Amateur Radio Operator) and going to the Portland ABFM, I'll be monitoring the 147.20+ Mhz K7PP repeater and 146.55 Simplex from Seattle to Portland. (The 147.20 repeater starts to fade out south of Chehalis). If you know of a good 2M or 70cm Repeater for the Portland area, speak up. Also, how about CB channel: 7 for the "AM" operators in the crowd? 73's (ham-talk for "best wishes") --Bob W. N7UMU ------------------------------------ From: smthengr@sirius.com (Jeff Smith) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 17:30:55 -0800 Subject: Six_Rivers_Shuffle, Part One (long) The following is a recount of our trip to the Six Rivers National Forest and more specifically to the Smith River National Recreation Area. Six_Rivers_Shuffle Part One My wife Dorothy, our first mate Roy and I departed from San Francisco for Northern California on Sunday August 18th. Roy is a slightly overweight persnickety Jack Russell Terrier. Our first two nights we camped at Mill Creek south of Crescent City just inland from the coast. On day two we made a casual stroll down the South Fork Road almost to Big Flat. We ended up finding our own private beach that was accessed via a 500 yard trail. Our first offroad encounter! The crystal clear emerald green water, while a bit cold, is a swimmers paradise. Our private beach had signs off past visitors as there was a primitive camp site and low and behold a rope swing from a cliff tree across the river. The next day we headed off to Jedediah Smith State Park to meet my best friend Jim, his wife Jennifer, their 3 month old son Ian, Peggy and Bob (Jennifer's mom and dad) and Gramma Sally. I left in hopes of discovering a mecca for for future Land Rover gatherings. Upon our arrival, I was soon re-reminded of the overwhelming variety of outdoor activities. I realized that at best I would only be able to dedicate one day to any real offroading adventure. More about that later. Collectively the North, South and Middle Forks of the Smith River and the outlying areas are some of the most beautiful and fascinating river areas I have had the pleasure to visit. The first full day with our friends we allocated for a hike. We chose the Craigs Creek trail which follows the cliffs over looking the South Fork ending at the confluence of Craigs Creek and the south fork of the Smith River. This trail is in the National Forest as opposed to a State Park and therefore our dog Roy was allowed to come with us. The hike was 7.4 miles with several elevation changes of 600 feet or so. The trail head is located at the bridge crossing the South Fork very near to the intersection of the South and Middle Forks. Suspended from the girder of this bridge is another world class rope swing with a launch pad from the cliffs of the bridge abutment...excellent airtime. After the hike I spoke to a local river guide and he commented that there had been recent reports of hikers being stalked by mountain lions along that trail. I thought I had heard some rustling going on during the hike. I am sure Roy kept the cat off the trail. On Wednesday morning, I drove up to Gasquet to have a chat with Brett Fox, the OHV specialist I spoke with on the phone before we left. Unfortunately, Brett decided to take that day off and his supervisor, J.T., was very busy and refused to come out of his office to talk to me. Instead, he tried to communicate over the phone some information to the counter ranger lady who penciled out a route on my USGS quad map. The route we decided on was located in the western section of the Gasquet quad and circled Coon Creek and the Upper and Lower Coon Mountains. The trail elevations ranged from 2000 to 4000 feet. I explained to the ranger that we were interested in a scenic route that was fairly challenging, that is, a route that would require a four wheel drive such as a Land Rover, for example. J.T. made some remark to the ranger that this trail will bang up your rig a bit. But I had no way of knowing exactly what he meant or that he was aware that my Land Rover was in fact a new Discovery with only a smattering of Paradise_Pinstriping. On Thursday the group had our casual morning breakfast routine as we discussed our days events. It was clear that offroading was not a big priority to anyone except me. Dorothy and Jim had their mind set on a day of rafting and Jennifer, baby Ian, Peggy and Sally were to take a casual walk through Stout Grove. Bob, Jennifer's dad, was grimacing and limping badly from over exerting his leg hiking the day before. Both my legs were taking, but Bob had an excuse in that he severely broke his leg years ago. Ah ha! I now had a co pilot! Along the drive to the trail destination I came to find that Bob was actually a very experienced off roader. He was joking, early on, that he could have drove his 30 foot motor home on the road we were on. Bob was ready. The entrance to most of the trails in this area is off of French Hill Road, presumably a dirt logging road that ties in with South Fork Road to the south at Big Flat. Most of the trails in this area dead end at old mines and some are possibly forest service fire trails. Along the way we stopped at the Camp Six Lookout Tower for sweeping panoramic views of the forest. We drove along to a point where I felt we had passed the trail entrance, so we doubled back to a location that seemed to be right. We got out of the car and walked in a few hundred yards to what was a rocky 4 WD trail.This had to be it, but the access was clearly impassable...hmmm. We got back in the car and drove down the road a hundred yards to a point with a red ribbon on a tree. Now this was passable, just needed to clear away some branches. We drove in to a point where we could see that this was in fact a trail. I double checked our bearings with the compass and map and asked Bob if he was up for this. He gave me a puzzled look and said "of course". The beginning of the trail was very rocky and a fairly steep down hill as it wrapped itself around the steep side slope of the mountain. We encountered several small boulders that impeded our travel, but the steepness of the trail made it fairly easy for Bob and me to roll them out of the way. At this point my biggest fear was that we would encounter an impassable section. It would be impossible to turn around and I dreaded the thought of having to back out a 1/2 mile or more up a steep, narrow rocky trail. We got about a mile down the trail and sure enough there it was, a three ton boulder right in the middle of the trail. We got out of the car again to assess the situation. If we had any chance to get by we would have to maneuver around the boulder on the uphill side, the other side was nothing but cliff. This line would put the Disco at a very severe side angle and risk sliding sideways into the side of the boulder ...major body damage. We lined things up and discussed the optimum approach and moved a few of the smaller uphill boulders to minimize our tilt. We concluded that we could make it and prayed the the hill would not slide. Bob guided me through at a snails pace as I watched my side panels come within inches of the boulder. At about the halfway through point, the right uphill tire was still climbing a bit so I hollered to Bob to hang off the uphill side as a counter balance. Bob and his tender leg obliged and thank goodness we made it! I knew now that it would be impossible to back out through that section as I felt fortunate to make it through going forward. It was up to the gods to assure that the rest of the trail was passable or at least leave us a turn around point somewhere further down the hill. It dawned on me that this trail probably had not been driven in some time, as a matter a fact the only vehicle we had seen since hwy 199 was a watering truck way back near the turn off. This seemed to be a good point to implement some of the knowledge I acquired from Bob Peterson at P-Lost, I hooked up dual manifold burritos and we headed off into the unknown. Stay tune for Part Two PS: Trivia Question: What are the names of the six rivers in SRNF? Regards, Jeff Smith. S.E. phone: (415) 543-8651 fax: (415) 543-8679 email: smthengr@sirius.com Smith Engineering 27 South Park San Francisco, CA 94107 " Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." ------------------------------------ From: gpool@pacific.net (Granville Pool) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 21:34:07 -0700 Subject: Re: Six_Rivers_Shuffle, Part One (long) Jeff said: >Six_Rivers_Shuffle >Part One [massively snipped] >Stay tune for Part Two We'll be waiting! > >PS: >Trivia Question: >What are the names of the six rivers in SRNF? Well, lessee, there's the Klamath, the Smith, the Mad,... maybe the Van Dusen? Requa? Hmmm, I can't think of any more, unless one of the many forks of the Eel is in there... Hell, I'm gonna hafta go look at a map! Thanks, Granny ------------------------------------ End of Digest