When Navigation Bouys Get Moved: Coast Guard Local Notices to Mariners
Above: a red nun buoy in real life. Ships and boats returning to port will leave red nuns to starboard; hence "red right returning." The Coast Guard recently moved numerous nav buoys and added a few more to re-mark the Beaufort Inlet Channel off Shackleford Banks in North Carolina. The waters are home to Cape Lookout National Seashore, a viable winter kayak camping area for the self-sufficient
VHF radio Mayday and Pan-Pan calls, Hampton Roads, Virginia
Crew patch, Coast Guard Hampton Roads, VA The Coast Guard often issues pan-pan calls on channel 16 after they receive a mayday from someone in trouble. That someone in trouble can include sea kayakers. In the audio above, recorded by a coastal mid-Atlantic US vhf radio whatchstander, the captain of a sinking fishing boat broadcasts a mayday. He's hit a submerged object and is sinking fast.
Gulf Oil Spill: Coast Guard Holds Bloggers Roundtable
The Coast Guard's Mary Landry, the fed's response commander for the Gulf oil spill, welcomes bloggers to a telephone roundtable and takes questions. The audio is crisp, and shows how seriously the Coast Guard and other federal agencies have begun to take social media. copyright 2010 Just Another Guy Named Dave
Upcoming Hikes: Call to “Sign On”
Here are some upcoming trips; training for the Colorado Trail… please leave a comment or (even better!) call me if you’re interested in signing on for any of the “fun”:
Sanitarado, Boulder, CO: 22 Miles
Friday, May 21 – call for time.
What: A one-day run/hike from Mount Sanitas to Eldorado Mountain
Type of event: Mountaineering/running/hiking
Course: Point-to-Point
Elevation: 9750′ ascent
Technical Rating: Class 3
Season: Spring-Fall
Description: A one-day run/hike from Mount Sanitas to Eldorado Mountain, along Boulders front range mountains, including all points between. I will likely go the opposite way: Eldo to Sanitas.
Start: Mount Sanitas TH
1. Mount Sanitas via Sanitas Trail
2. Down Sunshine Valley Trail
3. Through Red Rocks Park, across Canyon to Flagstaff via View Point Trail
4. Up Flagstaff via Flagstaff Mountain Trail
5. Down Range View Trail to Flagstaff Road
6. Up Green via either EM Greenman or Ranger Trail
7. Down Green via Green Bear Trail to Bear Canyon
8. Up Bear Peak via Bear Peak West Ridge Trail
9. Cross to South Boulder Peak via the trail across the saddle
10. Descend Shadow Canyon to the Mesa Trailhead
11. Eldorado Mountain via Rattlesnake Gulch to North Ridge or NE Ridge
12. Descend the same route, follow road back to South Mesa TH
Never Summer Traverse
June ?? – Flexible Date(s)
C-DOT, you’re already signed on for this one!
What: A traverse of all or part of the Never Summer Range
Type of event: Mountaineering/running/hiking
Course: Point-to-Point
Distance:
Elevation:
Technical Rating:
Season: Summer
Description: A 1 to 4 day traverse of the Never Summer Range. Brutal.
Aspen, CO: Four Pass Loop
25.91 mi.
Strenuous
Four 12,000-foot passes, classic alpine views and a rugged loop around Colorado’s most-photographed peaks make this 26.5-mile backpack a Rocky Mountain epic.
Continental Divide Trail: Copper Mountain to Bakerville, CO
66.86 mi.
Strenuous *****
Travel across lush forest, grassy meadows, and exposed alpine slopes to the rocky crown of Grays Peak on this 67-mile section of the Continental Divide Trail.
Fort Collins, CO: Comanche Peak Wilderness Loop
22.26 mi.
Strenuous
Explore remote Rockies scenery and WWII history on this 22-mile hike in the Roosevelt National Forest.
Just north of Rocky Mountain National Park, the 67,500-acre Comanche Peak Wilderness features alpine meadows, rugged cirques, and mountain streams—but not Rocky Mountain’s crowds. And on this strenuous 22.3-mile loop, you’ll get a WWII plane along with your classic Rockies scenery.
Take the Beaver Creek Trail (#942) to Forest Road 142; turn right and follow it to an alternate trailhead at 1.1 miles. Drop to Beaver Creek, then watch for a glimpse of Comanche Reservoir at mile 3. Just past the lake, enter the wilderness and hike through a bluebell-strewn meadow to the Brown Lake trail junction. Head north along Brown Creek; a series of first-come, first-served campsites begins at Timberline Lake.
The next day, veer east on the Flower Trail and scope out views of the Mummy Range to the south en route to the B-17 wreck at mile 10—parts of the engine and wings are still visible from the 1944 crash. Drop to Beaver Park and join the Little Beaver Creek Trail, passing ponderosa pines and aspen groves on the way to a campsite at 16.9 miles. On your last day, take the spur at 17.2 miles to the Fish Creek Trail and follow it back to the Beaver Creek Trailhead.
TO TRAILHEAD: From Fort Collins, take US 287 north, then turn west on CO 14. Go 26 miles to Pingree Park Rd./63E; turn south and go 15.6 miles. Turn right on Forest Rd. 145/Buckhorn Rd. to Tom Bennett Campground; trailhead is 1.4 miles ahead.
Denver, CO: Deer Creek Loop
http://bp2.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip.aspx?tripId=437099
Miles: 50.00 mi.
Rating: Easy
Colorado Springs, CO: Cooldown
http://bp2.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip.aspx?tripId=131907
Miles: 34.66 mi.
Rating: Moderate
Cycling?
This hilly tour of Colorado Springs features some great cooldown spots along the way. Ride along the west side of the city with some ‘steepish’ climbs and fast downhills. Stop along the way for some amazing scenery of the city and Garden of the Gods/Pikes Peak. At Old Colorado City stop for some ice cream at the Colorado Creamery. End the ride at one of the only “beaches” that I know of in the Colorado Springs area at Prospect Lake in Memorial Park.
Kayak / Canoe Races and Events For May and June 2010
With kayak and canoe season well underway, we're glad to bring you the following information on some really great paddling events happening around the country.Undersea Robotic Oil Spill Videos: the Leak at the Wellhead and Crumpled Riser in the Gulf of Mexico
Above: Oil only, and the robotic arm moves in to fiddle with the insensible blowout preventer. Ugly stuff. Biggest problem with the video is it provides no sense of scale. We don't know what the diameter of the plume is and thus can't judge the size of the crude bloom. Below: Natural gas, then oil. Crewmembers just before the explosion report hearing the distinct hiss of natural gas shortly
Estes Park Library Presents Go Wild Presentation in August
KAYAKING THE INSIDE PASSAGE: TACOMA, WASHINGTON TO GLACIER BAY, ALASKA: (August 9)
In May 2009, Phil Magistro and Apryle Craig embarked on a 1,250 mile sea kayak journey along the Inside Passage—through Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Join Phil and Apryle as they describe their 111-day experience along the coast, share photos and video, and discuss the fate of the wild Pacific salmon. Aug. 9 at 7 pm.
Admission is free, but seating is limited, so attendees are encouraged to come early for a good seat. To see the full schedule of programs in the 2010 Our Wonderful World Adventure Series, pick up a brochure at the library or visit
www.estesvalleylibrary.org.
No Internet Access – Call, Please
Hello everyone. We are officially moved out of our cabin and into our rental property unit B. Our cabin is available to rent nightly through the River Rock Cottages, Estes Park, Colorado. We do not have internet access at our new place, so if you haven’t received a return email lately or it’s been really delayed, that’s the reason. The fastest way to get in contact with us is to call. We will be at the rental property through the end of October.
BP Oil Spill in the Gulf: Local Fishermen Begin to Receive Checks for Loss of Wages
An interview from Voice of America with a Mississippi oyster fisherman whose business has been shut down by the Gulf oil spill. A large class of potential litigants, most Louisana oystermen lease estuarine seabed from the local state or county government and work seasonally to seed and harvest the oyster beds they create with wooden racks, plastic mesh and oyster spat. As for those advance
The Gulf Oil Spill a Month After the Fire
As the upwards of 210,000 gallons of crude per day continue to gush from the hole in the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico, BP's Doug Suttles, in characteristic calm to the point of blase', cheerily explains that the technical challenges of plugging will delay significant change in the flow rate. Magellan MapSend BlueNav Charts: Gulf of Mexico Garmin Bluechart Gulf Of Mexico Bathymetric
