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Clint, the regular chronicler of these hikes, was unable to go this week owing to tendonitis. In his absence, the author, K7HFV, decided to give it a try. Clint seemed a bit dubious, but I assured him I could describe the hike well. The one we did this week is the one that starts by a turn in the road and goes into some trees. There are also a lot of rocks nearby. You probably know where I mean. See how easy it is?Actually, the hike of the week had been suggested several days beforehand. The annual UARC steak-fry took place on Saturday, July 18, and provided an opportunity for some discussion about getting the synchronous '62 repeater on Scott's Hill running this summer. Since no one had been to UARC's building this season, Bruce Bergen, KI7OM, wanted to check the building out for problems such as break-ins, roof leaks, or missing walls.
This hike is short enough that it can be done late in the season when daylight is at a premium, but no one seemed to object to doing it as a July hike this time. (It's still conceivable we could do it again later, targeting the summit rather than the radio site.)
Mike and Bryan volunteered to drive, so we were soon on our way up the canyon, turning onto the Guardsman's Pass road to reach the trailhead. The “trail” in this case is entirely dirt road, but locked gates keep most powered vehicle traffic away. The most numerous users are mountain bike enthusiasts who know the route as part of the “Wasatch Crest Trail.”
We soon separated into the “fast” group, consisting of Mike and Bryan, and the “semi-fast” group including Bruce, Gary, and the author. We were soon amazed as the shirts of the forward group changed color due to red shift just before they went around a bend and disappeared from view.
It was about this time that Bruce said,
“You're probably going to shoot me, but I forgot the key.” This meant we would be able to view our building, but not enter it. Murphy must be alive and well.
We made it to the junction with a road going down toward Park City (is this the real Scott's Pass?) and started the steepest portion of the hike. We only had to jump out of the way of cyclists a few times, and even made it up the hill faster than one party. The fast group waited for us at one spot and then quickly disappeared up the hill as we approached.
We caught the lead group again at the top of the hill, the first place where one can see long distances to the north. Bruce had discovered that neither his alkalines nor his NiMH batteries for his camera had enough charge to be useful, so he took time to move other AAs from flashlight to camera service. He suggested that if the fast group had plenty of vim and vinegar, they could take in the peak on the way to the radio site. They declined with Mike suggesting vim was OK but he was short on vinegar.
Finally, we all reached the radio site and found that our building was still there. It seemed secure enough to keep out would-be intruders (such as ourselves). We inspected paint, grounds, roofing, and concluded all was well. Gary had brought a tripod which enabled us to shoot the Obligatory Group Picture.
The return trip was uneventful except for occasional quick breaths as cyclists appeared from out of nowhere behind us. Amazingly, we were able to get all the way back to the cars without having to resort to flashlights.
Maps/profiles:None this time
About Scott's Hill:
The name “Scott” came into the area when four members of a Scott family filed a mining claim in 1870 on “Scott Lode.” The hill became known as “Scott Hill” within a year of the claim and was a popular recreation site.The original Park City to Brighton road went through the area decending down Mill F Fork.
Some of the above information was from the book "The Lady in the Ore Bucket" by Charles Keller.
Comments about pictures taken by Clint:
- All images taken using a Sigma Digital SLR camera and were taken using the lens noted in the EXIF data. (Usually, an SD-14.)
- Because all of the images were originally taken stored in raw binary format, they have been down-processed to .JPG for web posting: If requested, different color/contrast/brightness may be applied and/or higher-quality uncompressed versions may be available for most of these images.
- If you want one (or more) of these images and wish some sort of adjustment (color, brightness, exposure, etc.) please let me know: All of these image have been processed in some way.
- These images are numbered in chronological order.
- No-one ever said that all of these images (or any of them) were good. Some of them may have definite focus/exposure "issues."
- EXIF data is present for most of the images, showing time, date, and precise exposure conditions. Recent versions of Irfanview will show this in the "View->Image Information->EXIF" tab.
- Note that cropping/noise reduction required the use of another program which may have removed some/most of this EXIF data.
- Images suffixed with "h" (if any) are half-size. This was done for images that were somewhat out of focus (due to misfocus or camera/subject movement associated with long shutter times) or those that required some extra noise reduction and had lost some detail anyway. Additional suffixes of the image file name may include "sh" to indicate that some "de-blurring" was done, "mb" for correction of motion blur, and "crop" denoting that the image was cropped.
- If you took some pictures of the hike and send them to me, I'll post them - and give you the blame!
- The video clips, if any, were shot using a Panasonic DMC FZ-8 digital camera, have been re-compressed, and are of lower quality than the originals.
- Audio clips, if any, were recorded using a Zoom H-2 audio recorder.
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