[Elecraft] EQP in Florissant Fossil Beds w0rw/pm

[W0rw at aol.com]

i was out hiking in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument today for 
the EQP.
Started at 1900Z and worked 25 Q's on 20M and 1 on 40M.
i was using my KX1 #292 (3W) with a 10 foot whip (no top hat) and a 13 foot 
drag wire, pedestrian mobile.
The trail was 30% deep snow and then ice and mud, but we made it through 
several miles.
My XYL (N0OPM) was doing the logging. We hiked around the hills in the 
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. 
You can take a virtual tour by going to http://www.nps.gov/flfo/
This is beautiful mountain valley just west of Pikes Peak and holds 
spectacular remnants of the earth's prehistoric life. Huge petrified redwoods and 
incredibly detailed fossils of ancient insects and plants reveal a very different 
Colorado of long ago. Almost 35 million years ago, enormous volcanic eruptions 
buried the then-lush valley and petrified the redwood trees that grew there. A 
lake formed in the valley and the fine-grained sediments at its bottom became 
the final resting-place for thousands of insects and plants. These sediments 
compacted into layers of shale and preserved the delicate details of these 
organisms as fossils. 
i really thank all these guys for making my hike successful...Here is my 
contact list:
W4FMS Frank
WD7Y Ed
N2ED Ed
K9EW Ed (3 in a row?)
K7TQ Randy  strong as usual
KE6US Rick  CA
W7YCW Ross  WA
W0SOC Bob 2nd Class
AA5BT  Eric  TX
W6IJ/5 Tommy
K8DD Hank
W0QQS Bruce
WS4S  Conrad
K0UU Jeff
WA5ZNU  Leigh, going down a north facing hill in snow
K9KLT Ron  Called me from a deep canyon where is was in 2 feet of snow.
K1JD Joe
K3JJ  Chas when i was standing on an ice pond.
NJ2OM Dick
AA1ZT  Jack  CT 2.5W
N2WN Jules
N4ROA  Dan
W4TG  Harvey  GA
K3MD  John
K6SE Earl  Blasting in
K8FU/5  Lef,  40 meters

72  Paul  w0rw/pm

Life is too short for $10K Towers and Beams
when a 10 foot whip will do.