by Allan | Aug 29, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
Well, dammit, I wrote a whole post last night, clicked on “publish”, and it was gone. Gotta remember to click on “save draft” first. So here I go all over again… Ooh, lots of good pix today… This has been a focused four days, and...
by Allan | Aug 24, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
Before building the Summit Hut power system last week I took four days to explore the eastside region. I simply wandered by motorcycle, maybe 500 miles in total. I began by heading down Silver Canyon, rather than the main paved road. The drop is about 6,000′ to...
by Allan | Aug 24, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
I have been away from this blog for over a week, so it’s past time to catch up. I’ll do best to post in random order. I had been having no success uploading any of the many photos I have taken, receiving only error messages when I attempted an upload, and...
by Allan | Aug 14, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
I had called this summer’s blog my 2015 Mountaintop Adventure, and I finally got to the mountaintop on Tuesday the 11th. I rode up with Jeremiah, the Operations Manager here; it turns out that I can’t drive any of the research center’s vehicles...
by Allan | Aug 9, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
The last 1,200′ of climbing came easy, followed by six miles of easy trail after a steep and rocky upper descent. The lower I descended toward the trailhead, the more people I encountered heading up. But now many were dayhikers, and I saw more small groups, more...
by Allan | Aug 9, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
The morning dawned clear and calm after the previous night’s storm. It turned out that twice I was safely ensconced in my tiny tent and stayed dry before the storms came. Days later, when I was down in Bishop and mentioned having been up in the high country,...
