2020-05-16 Escudilla & South Mtn.

Well it's my first day up at my cabin in Alpine AZ and I decided to tackle one of the more difficult peaks, Escudilla Mountain.  It has a little more than 1,500 feet of gain but really not that hard except it starts at over 9,000 feet and goes up to almost 11,000.  What makes this one difficult is all of the fallen trees on the trail.  It gets worse at the top and I decided to go to the designated high point just to the north which was a massive pain in the ass.  From the time I got out of the car it was almost 7 hours of play.  I decided that 7+ miles of difficult hiking wasn't good enough so I drove up to South mountain for some more.  I'll stop here, and let you enjoy the video I put together.... with some screw-ups that I made during post-production.

The logbooks and loadout are below

Contacts

Date:16/05/2020 | Summit:W7A/AE-006 (Escudilla Mountain) | Call Used:N1CLC | Points: 10

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
16:57	K6KM	14MHz	CW
17:01	W5GAI	14MHz	CW
17:02	WA7E	14MHz	CW
17:04	NS7P	14MHz	CW
17:06	ND0C	14MHz	CW
17:06	WA2USA	14MHz	CW
17:09	W0MNA	14MHz	CW
17:10	W0ERI	14MHz	CW
17:11	K0LA	14MHz	CW
17:11	ON4VT	14MHz	CW
17:15	WW7D	14MHz	CW
17:16	WN4AT	14MHz	CW
17:17	N4EX	14MHz	CW
17:18	N6WT	14MHz	CW
17:20	W5ODS	14MHz	CW
17:20	N2ESE	14MHz	CW
17:22	K9OZ	14MHz	CW
17:23	W4KRN	14MHz	CW
17:23	KG3W	14MHz	CW
17:24	WU7H	14MHz	CW
17:26	K0BWR	14MHz	CW
17:29	AA5VE	14MHz	CW
17:45	AB4PP	14MHz	SSB
17:47	K7GT	14MHz	SSB
17:48	W8APS	14MHz	SSB
17:50	N6DNM	14MHz	SSB
17:51	K6LDQ	14MHz	SSB
17:53	WD6TED	7MHz	CW
17:56	WA6KYR	7MHz	CW
17:58	KB7HH	7MHz	CW
17:59	K6QCB	7MHz	CW
18:01	WG0AT	7MHz	CW

Date:16/05/2020 | Summit:W7A/AP-010 (South Mountain) | Call Used:N1CLC | Points: 10

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
22:09	WU7H	14MHz	SSB
22:15	W0MNA	14MHz	SSB
22:16	WN4AT	14MHz	SSB
22:17	NS7P	14MHz	SSB
22:18	NW7E	7MHz	CW
22:22	K6ARK	7MHz	CW
22:24	WD6TED	7MHz	CW
22:25	K6QCB	7MHz	CW
22:37	WW7D	14MHz	CW
22:37	W5GAI	14MHz	CW
22:39	WN4AT	14MHz	CW
22:40	K6YK	14MHz	CW
22:41	WD4CFN	14MHz	CW
22:42	W4KAC	14MHz	CW
22:43	KI4SVM	14MHz	CW
22:46	KI6KU	7MHz	CW

Loadout:

●      GoPro Hero8

●      Gregory Zulu 40 backpack

●      First aid kit.  Make sure it’s a good one... like ability to patch up an impalement wound.  

●      Elecraft KX2 10 watt HF Radio

●      The K6ARK Spider Thread Antenna

●   30’ of coax feed line (not needed

●      Slim Jim dual band antenna for my HT.

●      3 L of water (8 lb)

●      iPhone with All Trails, MotionX GPS and sota goat

●      Trekking poles (not today)

●     LNR End Fed multi-band antenna

●   SOTAbeams Tactical 7000hds Compact Heavy-Duty Telescopic Mast TAC7000HDS

●    MFJ MFJ-1714 144 MHz 1/2 Wavelength Antenna for my HT

●   AnyTone AT-868UV DMR radio for testing.

●   Custom wine bottle cork paddles for CW (crafted by K6ARK)

●   American Morse Porta Paddle for CW

●   Delorme Inreach satellite tracker and communicator.

●      Jetboil MicroMo cooking system (left at the car this trip)

●      Yaesu FT-2DR HT (backup left in the car)

●     Packtenna. (did not take)

●     CHA MPAS with spike and additional MIL mast (and version 2 of the top section) (left in car)

●      Yaesu FT-891D HF Radio at 100 watts  (left this in the car :) )

●    Extra LiFePO Battery (not needed)

●     Helinox Chair Zero Ultralight Compact Camping Chair.

73,

N1CLC

Christian Claborne

(aka chris claborne)