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    The San Diego Thread

    in West and Southwest

    Posted · Edited by drexotic

    T-minus six hours before the Peak-a-Boo Assault Team takes its first steps towards the Mr. Whitney Summit and its assault on this cache... Wish us luck (and, no Harmon, don't say, "Y'all gonna die!)!!

     

    The team (minus Zatyko who joined us later):

     

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    Speaking as one who's been there: Y'all are gonna hurt a lot! (And you'll have a blast!)

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    Good luck! (And don't forget the number 1 rule of mountaineering: Don't let the summit overrule wisdom. If you are alive, you have the option to try again...)

    Randy (Thunder-4) and I are alive, but we did not make the summit. I'm sure that Don (Zatyko) Steven (devhead) and obviously Patrick (Polar Bear) did make the summit. Randy made it to 12K and I made it half way up the switchbacks to 13K. We're both clean and shaven and looking at a nice meal, while the rest are still trying to make it down... :laughing:

     

     

    Holly Altitude Sickness!!!! Congratulations to all of you !!!

     

     

    I lectured at Breckenridge a couple of years ago and had difficulty getting up the stairs with my luggage! :unsure: It was a real shock after growing up at 7000 ft and hitting several of the higher peaks in Colorado while in school there.

     

    Sorry I missed it . . . How about posting pictures when you all get home.

     

    Cheers, Jeff

    San Diego Banter

    in West and Southwest

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    Status report on Photoshop Lesson No. 16. Color Correction and Sharpening using Lab Color Mode

     

    A. Lesson outline completed

    B. Introduction and Description sections completed.

    C. Example images have been chosen

     

    Tomorrow is a Geobabe run so will get to the Procedure and Remarks sections next session.

     

    If you are interested in this lesson please acknowledge and also mention what Photoshop version you have.

     

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    I'm a bit short on time but interested. I have CS2

    San Diego Banter

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    Supposedly 42 minutes to fall through the hole! ;):o:D
    All these years I thought we'd end up in China. So much for those cartoons we watched when we were kids... :(

     

     

    Yeah . . . I was really disappointed that the other side would not be in some little Mandarin village! :o

    San Diego Banter

    in West and Southwest

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    As you said in your posting on "This Just In," I think there were a lot of us that were lurking along with these lessons. I got a late start and time is often my greatest limiting factor, so I wasn't submitting my work for review. I did learn and very much enjoyed them all the same.

     

    So . . . Next lesson on LAB?

     

    Jeff

    San Diego Cache Events

    in West and Southwest

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    Anybody game for doing as many of the "Must-Do Valley caches" and attending the Mega Event in Temecula on Feb 18th? I think we talked about doing something like that during our hike on Saturday! :huh:

     

    If another group wants to form to do the "Park and Grab Series," that is fine but I don't feel like doing those this year.

     

    We may.....I'm in the middle of our kitchen remodel. Sould be hanging cabinets tomarrow. I told the wife, When this is over I'm going on some kinda bender.

     

    When's the next desert trip? <_<

     

     

    I'd be up for that as well (just need to find the time).

     

    Jeff

    The San Diego Thread

    in West and Southwest

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    Did you guys know that suction cup mounts are illegal in California?

     

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    I was thinking of getting one from :) until I read that.....

     

     

     

    A few months ago I was pulled over and ticketed for not having a front licence plate (just a fix-it ticket). :):rolleyes::anicute:

     

    The officer was quite interested in how well my Valentine-1 radar detector worked but made no comment about it being stuck to my windshield! :P:)

     

    Guess it was just my lucky day. B)B)

     

    Jeff

    Help me with a TB!

    in West and Southwest

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    What I love about the San Diego Caching Community is that we respect each other and do what we can to help each other out. I could have easily been the person asking for someone to check on a cache if they were in the area.

    I'm not surprised to see that the negative posts on this thread come from outside of San Diego County.

    This is a time of year where we would like to think that people are a bit kinder and more thoughtful of their fellow man. So lets give up that self righteous attitude. If you have nothing positive to add to a thread just hold your tongue.

    I for one am excited to have a new (seventh grade) Geocacher and I bet that someone will get out to Campo to move his bug along soon.

    Merry Christmas!

    Jeff / drexotic

    San Diego Banter

    in West and Southwest

    Posted · Edited by drexotic

    I've been looking for information on the plane crash that left the engine and fuselage at Jet Engine. During my search I found this page that lists Crash Sites by Latitude and Longitude.

     

    I wondered if any of you more computer literate folks might be able to turn these into a Google Earth KML file.

     

    I can grab the coordinates with GPS Coordinate Grabber but I have no idea what to do from there. :P:P:P

     

     

     

    Anyone? :P:P:P

     

     

     

    Jeff

    The San Diego Thread

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    Here's an interesting email I got this morning . . . .

     

     

    In a message dated 10/22/2006 4:08:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, fat-stud2@hotmail.com writes:

    All those prizes that you won. It was all rigged just like the bush

    election, bush sucks. politel, the geocaching event was awesome but your

    attitude dragged it down for some people.

    San Diego Cache Events

    in West and Southwest

    Posted · Edited by drexotic

    Anyone planning on setting up camp friday night at the campout event and then heading out for a hundred or so caches? can we get a group together? time to gather?

     

     

    :laughing: I'll be there mid afternoon and I'd love to go! :o

     

    Jeff

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