[GreenKeys] Balloon launch made it to 108, 172 feet -- landed on a mountain

Tue May 31 13:31:07 EDT 2016

congrats  on your  flight Gil and   glad   you  recovered the  gear!

Ed#

In a message dated 5/31/2016 9:17:54 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
gil at baudot.net writes:

Hi folks:

A quick update:  we launched Sat morning, reached 108,172 ft (!),  and 
landed on a stinkin' mountain.  Tried to reach it, but after hours  of hiking 
(even though we had good gps coords and could hear it on the  radio), we had 
to give up.

Went back Sunday, and hiked in from a different side of the  mountain.  It 
was a grueling hike, but we finally did get the  payload!  

I have video from the side- and down-facing video cameras, but the  camera 
facing up to catch balloon burst ran out of battery life.  Was  pretty hazy, 
so the video is not as great as I would like, but we had to  launch before 
summer temps worsen.  A few frame-grab stills are  attached:  
  launch, 
  the "Juniper" wildfire burning behind Roosevelt Lake, 
  108,000-feet looking down, 
  and a couple of pics at landing.

I will edit video and post a flight summary online when I get  everything 
compiled -- will let you know.

thanks,

Gil

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