Working at Marble Canyon allowed me to score this gem of a flight.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
8 Days In Grand Canyon
Just got home working as a swamper for my good friend Jason. We had a great time and made a little money too!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Winter Holds On
It just won't let go. We get a few days of spring and then it will either get cold or get cold and snow and rain. The wind this time of year is expected but this cold can stop so we can get on with business. We have managed to get out a few days and fly but nothing really great. March usually provides us with some great days, yet this March turned out to give us minimal flying and cold temps. So keep your fingers crossed for warm calm conditions folks and we'll start to see more photos again. To all my fellow patrollers thanks for another great season at the Snowbowl. See you all at the rookie party! The river season is starting for a lot of our friends so lets wish them all a great safe summer. Adios till I can get my camera in the sky or somewhere else cool, Stay tuned, sorry for the long winter pause.
T
T
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Another AZ Sunset
Lena took this shot on our way home from Skiing in UT
Somewhere Between Fredonia and Jacob Lake. Arizona Strip Country
Somewhere Between Fredonia and Jacob Lake. Arizona Strip Country
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
No posts
Well ya I know it seems I fell off the planet. A lot of you that regularly follow along here have called to make sure I'm alive. Thank you! I have had quite a full plate with friends life changes, life changes of my own and work. I have also been out of a computer that is capable of getting on line or has the ability to type without making me want to throw it out the window for the past month. At first this seemed like a problem but after a week or so I actually liked not being tethered to this make believe world that doesn't involve interaction with people in a real setting. I have been living at the shop most nights so that also puts a damper on my intergeeking. Since my last post I have had some fun however, from a San Juan river trip to great day hikes and dirt bike rides, short flights with great friends I have still managed to remain a fun hog and will do my best to get out and play in this amazing world we live in. Winter is in fact here and I am struggling to get work done as the season comes into full swing and I have to work on the mountain. I'll try to get some photos up when I get time. Thanks for reading!
Friday, September 3, 2010
48.3 From Mingus
September 2nd, 2010 I will always remember. A new site record. It may be broken already but I sure had a fun 48.3 mile, 3 hour 22 minute flight from Mingus mountain to Crookton rd. west of Ashfork.
Launching
The day seemed to be starting slow but once we could see the inversion breaking in the valley we started hucking. A quick hunt out front and I was off to 12,000 ft pretty rapidly.
I headed northwest in hopes of getting another climb at the big mountain above Jerome. No dice but still had a bunch of altitude so I kept going onto the foothills near Perkinsville, a remote crossing of the Verde river in the middle of nowwhere. I radioed my plans to BJ and hoped for the valley to be hot enough to give'er.
I headed to a ridge that seemed to have a few things going for it and got my second climb and back up to 9000 ft. A few miles later another climb to above 10,000 had me relaxing a bit as the terrain isn't all that friendly out there for landing any type of aircraft. Highway 89 became my next goal. It connects Prescott to I-40 and runs north/south. Another climb got me near 11,000 and I had the pavement on glide but I didn't plan on stopping there. Meanwhile BJ had chose to land and gracefully decided to chase me.
Once I linked up with the highway BJ was navigating the 20 miles of terrian I had flown over. Which is more like 50 miles of, well not the easiest dirt roads to travel over. I looked back trying to see him but no luck. A couple low saves as the miles went by and I was on my way to Ashfork. As I approached Ashfork BJ radioed that he was on the highway. I hope I thanked him enough for the beating he gave his truck. As I approached Ashfork I got to my highest altitude of the flight, 12,888. As luck would have it I ran into headwind just south of the town so I headed west.
As I flew west toward Seligman I got my last climb back up to 12,200 before I went on my last glide out Rt. 66. BJ had caught up to me and had site of me for the first time in about 3 hours. I set it down next to the mother road for high fives and cold beer. Huge thanks to BJ!!!!!!! Not only did he come get me we retraced the trip back to the top of Mingus to get my truck. I think he drove well over 200 miles for me. I think I owe him one. My friend Dustin flew as well. He had launced before me and took a different route to the southwest. I beleive he flew near 44 miles and landed near Peeples Valley, AZ. Nice flight D!
Until next time!
T
Launching
The day seemed to be starting slow but once we could see the inversion breaking in the valley we started hucking. A quick hunt out front and I was off to 12,000 ft pretty rapidly.
I headed northwest in hopes of getting another climb at the big mountain above Jerome. No dice but still had a bunch of altitude so I kept going onto the foothills near Perkinsville, a remote crossing of the Verde river in the middle of nowwhere. I radioed my plans to BJ and hoped for the valley to be hot enough to give'er.
I headed to a ridge that seemed to have a few things going for it and got my second climb and back up to 9000 ft. A few miles later another climb to above 10,000 had me relaxing a bit as the terrain isn't all that friendly out there for landing any type of aircraft. Highway 89 became my next goal. It connects Prescott to I-40 and runs north/south. Another climb got me near 11,000 and I had the pavement on glide but I didn't plan on stopping there. Meanwhile BJ had chose to land and gracefully decided to chase me.
Once I linked up with the highway BJ was navigating the 20 miles of terrian I had flown over. Which is more like 50 miles of, well not the easiest dirt roads to travel over. I looked back trying to see him but no luck. A couple low saves as the miles went by and I was on my way to Ashfork. As I approached Ashfork BJ radioed that he was on the highway. I hope I thanked him enough for the beating he gave his truck. As I approached Ashfork I got to my highest altitude of the flight, 12,888. As luck would have it I ran into headwind just south of the town so I headed west.
As I flew west toward Seligman I got my last climb back up to 12,200 before I went on my last glide out Rt. 66. BJ had caught up to me and had site of me for the first time in about 3 hours. I set it down next to the mother road for high fives and cold beer. Huge thanks to BJ!!!!!!! Not only did he come get me we retraced the trip back to the top of Mingus to get my truck. I think he drove well over 200 miles for me. I think I owe him one. My friend Dustin flew as well. He had launced before me and took a different route to the southwest. I beleive he flew near 44 miles and landed near Peeples Valley, AZ. Nice flight D!
Until next time!
T
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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