It was really meant to be any sort of Death March. We hiked along a paved path for just over a mile. We stopped at a park pavilion and played a little radio. We were kind of down in a valley so we threw a length of paracord over a limb in a tree and hoisted up my roll-up j-pole antenna. We were able to hit quite a few of the local 2M and a 440 repeater. We did make a Simplex contact with the local ARES group that happened to be set up for a demo at a public event.
We tried to make a contact on the 2M Simplex calling frequency. But, we weren't successful.
We talked to a couple of our regular contacts on a 2M repeater for a bit before we packed up and headed back to the vehicles.
I did learn a couple of things during this short little hike. First of all, even though the trail had been plowed of the snow we got overnight, it was a bit slick in spots. I nearly went down at of the steeper hills on the path. I actually caught myself with my hiking staff/Cold Steel Magnum Blowgun. I got to thinking about how if I had been Bugging Out on foot, some Yak Traks would have been really handy to have.
I had the drinking tube for the Camelbak set up wrong too. I fixed that after I got back.
It was a nice little hike with a couple of lessons to be learned.
PJ
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