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Left about 70-100’ asl last Wednesday and crested 11,000+ several times since.
Currently camping at 2524’ asl.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Not all sunshine and puffy clouds, we had several stints of rain during the event.
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8500 @ home, 10000 @elk camp
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Around 715' ASL.
I'm wondering, do campfires at 9K feet have to be re-jetted to burn right? 😉😄 No, but it seemed the BS turbos all kicked in.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Around 715' ASL.
I'm wondering, do campfires at 9K feet have to be re-jetted to burn right? 😉😄 No, but it seemed the BS turbos all kicked in. I didn't do any shooting... but wore ear plugs the whole time... Kent
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Looks like a good time. Also looks like those mountains have seen some rain; I'm glad to see the entire southwest isn't all dried up and brown. It stayed green from Safford to about the NM line - dried up towards Lordsburg and Deming, then greened a bit to Hatch. Mostly green from there home, thank God for good rains.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Around 715' ASL.
I'm wondering, do campfires at 9K feet have to be re-jetted to burn right? 😉😄 No, but it seemed the BS turbos all kicked in. I didn't do any shooting... but wore ear plugs the whole time... Kent You've always been a smart man, Kent!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Around 715' ASL. I'm wondering, do campfires at 9K feet have to be re-jetted to burn right? 😉😄 bruinruin - Kent brought a sophisticated multi-jetted campfire canister designed to increase air flow into the heart of the fire - am thinking it was made by Kenmore or Maytag - maybe Whirlpool. Very modern approach - more fire and lower smoke. It is in the pics. As for re-jetting, the Qjet carb on my primitive rig is jetted for normal altitude and fine tuned to about 3,000 ft. Has pretty good displacement, but once above 7k it started to feel lazy. At 9k the idle was simply lousy and I didn't want to get into that, so only started it twice - to charge the cabin battery. I could feel the smile when we got down the mountain. Almost everyone else had fuel-injected and sensor/computer controlled systems - ran as normal. Due to daily and typical SW seasonal rains, we had about zero danger of fire - nice green forest floor and surrounding us. I think you would enjoy one of these shindigs.
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I'm thinking GE... Kent
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You have oxygen up there?? smile I was there and oxygen is in short supply. I live at 200 feet +/-. miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
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Looks like everyone had a great time! I often think back to the Quemado gathering. First time in the southwest, for this old NH yankee. We got to tour New Mexico and Arizona and the Grand Canyon. Been some water over the dam, since then.
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Around 715' ASL.
I'm wondering, do campfires at 9K feet have to be re-jetted to burn right? 😉😄 No, they come with mass air sensors and burn only the fuel that will oxidize cleanly.
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Looks like everyone had a great time! I often think back to the Quemado gathering. First time in the southwest, for this old NH yankee. We got to tour New Mexico and Arizona and the Grand Canyon. Been some water over the dam, since then. I think you came the time we had 56 show up... cooking for 25 seemed leisurely. Kent
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Kent, I believe your right. There was quite a crowd! We had a great time, and met some nice people. I've been all over the country, and I have to say the sothwest is one of my favorite places. After we left Quemado we drove down towards the Reserve area. We had dinner at at a small little place, best Mexican food I've ever eaten.
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Bogtrotter - we very well remember you and your wife and your enthusiasm for that big trip (as well as your NH accent) and have hoped you would be back again some year.
That little joint in Reserve still serves pretty good Mexican grub. C'mon back.
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Next year! Now that I'm retired plenty of free time. My wife still talks about watching the elk in the evening.
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Next year! Now that I'm retired plenty of free time. My wife still talks about watching the elk in the evening. I'm pretty sure you have the record for longest distance to our event. Kent
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For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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Don't you guys have some more photos? Steve? Anyone?
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