that is in motion. If you are /PM, is that considered a
> i will be operating tomorrow with the KX1 on 20 CW,
>around
> 14059 KHz, w0rw/pm.
> This Trail Day adventure starts by boarding the Manitou
>& Pike's Peak Cog
> Railway at Manitou Springs, Colorado. The 'Cog' is a
>train that can go up a very
> steep incline because it drives itself up on a third
>rail which has big teeth
> on it.
> You can see the Cog train route pictures at
>
http://www.cograilway.com/alongroute.htm.i will be
>riding the train up to the
> 'Mountain View' siding and hiking across the face of
>Pike's Peak over to Barr
> Camp, This is part of a 55 mile trail that goes all the
>way around Pike's
> Peak at the 10,000 foot level.
> (They were plowing 11 foot snow drifts off the track
>here on April 12th. You
> can see the snow plowing at
>
http://www.cograilway.com/plowing%20snow%20page.htm).
> They have to plow the tracks everyday during the spring.
> There are exciting times on the rails too, one uphill
>train threw an old rag
> out on the tracks to warn the down hill train of a
>broken rail. Not too bad
> going up but you better take it slow going down hill. Of
>course they have 2 big
> springs at the bottom to stop run-away cars,
> Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs.
>
> When you jump off the train in the middle of an
>extremely remote place like
> this, with your backpack on, you will see a lot of
>envious people on the train
> who wish they could be going along with you. You can
>travel with me on-line by
> going to
http://www.barrcamp.com/.
> Barr Camp is a wilderness cabin midway on the Barr Trail
>which goes to the
> top of Pike's Peak. The elevation gain is 7,600 feet
>from Manitou Springs to the
> top.
>
> i will be operating Pedestrian Mobile (1C CO), in
>motion, on the Barr trail,
> using my Elecraft KX1 on NiCads or my PRC military
>backpack radio and a 10
> foot whip.
>
>
> * The Bust, Colorado, operation was previously reported
>in the ARS Sojourner
> at
>
http://www.arsqrp.com/ars/pages/back_issues/2005_text/0405_text/W0RW.html>
> Paul w0rw/pm
> Colorado
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