It has been unusually cold here, below freezing and down to the low 20's at night. Don't laugh too hard Larry. Last week I got to 4000 and called it quites. Today I dressed a little warmer and got to 10,000. At the last inspection I put foam donuts around the cabanes under the sheetmetal. That helped a lot. Today I used gap sealing tape around the holes where the gear makes it's exit. It worked out really well. It was 14 degrees at 10,000 but I expected it to be colder. I had dressed too warm. Tucked my bluejeans in my socks, my German Army wool pants that I used to wear climbing, flannel shirt, sweater, wool jacket, and my north face wind breaker. I was prepared for getting some kodaks. After the chute I could hardly move. Tough to get in, tough to get out. Had to use a ball point pen to push the rear canopy latch in place. As it turned out it was not needed. The tape worked very well. I think the sweater would have been enough. So heading home on the downhill run I was thinking I could put neoprene sheet around the gear legs but then I thought , why bother, the tape works great and it is clear.
The mountain is Mt. Baker, our resident volcano. 10,500 plus or minus. Climbed it a couple times in my younger days and my buddy and I each got a couple nice goats before it became wilderness area. The top crater is filled in with snow. The lower crater where the vapor comes out is rather warm and if you fly through it it smells of sulphur. In the summer there is a nice lake there. The snow is melted away and there was lots of it.
will
The mountain is Mt. Baker, our resident volcano. 10,500 plus or minus. Climbed it a couple times in my younger days and my buddy and I each got a couple nice goats before it became wilderness area. The top crater is filled in with snow. The lower crater where the vapor comes out is rather warm and if you fly through it it smells of sulphur. In the summer there is a nice lake there. The snow is melted away and there was lots of it.
will
