eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (01/29/85)
1/24-1/28 35th? Annual Caltech Ski trip to the Pear Lake Ski Hut.
Pear Lake Ski Hut at 9200 ft. in Sequoia Natl. Park.
Temps: low of 10 F, highs low 30s. Cold.
Cloud cover: Cloudy all day to varying degrees except 1/27 when it was
perfectly clear excepting low Valley Tule fog. Visibility on cloudy
days varied from 20 feet to 20 miles.
Base depth: 3-4 feet. Chains required on all roads to the point of
silliness.
1st day had 2 inches new snow at 7000 (surprise). Another 6 inches fell
2nd day. Fourth day had another 4 inches. Used climbing skins, probably
blue wax with a purple kicker to get up hills.
This years topics of discussion: aerodynamics, computers, China, geology
[current reigning Dept.] of Southern Sierra, the Alverez theory of
dinosaur extinction.
--eugene miya
4th generation Pear Laker
NASA Ames Research Center
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