[gps-talkusers] Re: Half Dome
- From: "Kevin Chao" <g.unit89@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:59:50 -0700
Jim,
Ahh, Half Dome. I did do the climb on Saturday September 29, 2007. It was an
utterly amazing climb that involved about 16 hours of straight hiking with
constnat probing of my cane and trekking pole to find a good footing. If I
didn't find a good footing it could make the difference between slipping on
the rocky terrain or falling off the side of the cliff with a drop-off of
over 3000 feet. The feeling of actually getting to the top of Half Dome
after an 8.5 mile hhike, elevation change of 5000 feet and 8 hours was just
amazing. And once completed the entire hike was also an amazing feeling. I
am not sure if there are any words that can describe how physically involve
the climb was, labor intensive it was, and how amazing it was. I will admit
that my entire legs were in pure pain with each step for the last 4 mile of
the hike down. I can say that I am still feeling the pain a bit today, but I
am healing.
Here a few notes regarding the Hike:
Round-Trip:
18 Miles
16 hours
Total Elevation Change: 10000 feet
valley floor: 3800 feet
Top of Half Dome: 8800 feet.
began: 6AM
Finished: 10PM
I recorded User POIs, Audios, and photos along the way along with making a
Replay of the entire trip. All of these were sent to Mike May yesterday and
they should be up and running on the blog soon. Each POI is associated with
an audio file that gave an audio of what the progress was, what was around
me and so on.
Some may wonder why would anyone want to hike 18 miles, go through an
elevation change of 10000 feet, and do this for 16 hours. This was something
that I started last year on my birthday where I walked with friends in San
Francisco for 13 miles in honor of October 13, my birthdate. This time
around I decided to raise the bar and do it honor of the age I will be, 18.
So it was a personal goal that I set for myself and was surely worth it.
I will answer your other question in a separate email.
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <jgammon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:35 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm amazed!
> Hey Kevin, I have noticed that the bluetooth connect range from the M1000
> is somewhat less than the Holux 236, not that it matters, but have you
> noticed that? Also, in the bad old days with GPS 3.5, you used to have to
> wait some 10 to 15 seconds from the time you turned on the Mpower to the
> time you launched the GPS program. Since I haven't read anything about
> this, I assume this wait time is no longer necessary but I have been
> forgetting to ask, so now I am asking. How about it?
> And, what happened to Half Dome? Did you do it, or do we all have to wait
> until next year. Maybe you plan to do the hike on New Years Eve for a
> real adventure! Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Chao" <g.unit89@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:24 PM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm amazed!
>
>
>> Peggy,
>>
>> I am sure that many will benefit from this message, so I figure that
>> instead of sending it privately that I send it to the list. This is
>> probably the most critical thing to understand in getting up and running
>> with GPS.
>>
>> I will outline what the various messages mean:
>>
>> no fix, acquiring satellites
>> -At the moment your reciever hasn't picked up any satellites, get in a
>> clear
>> open area and wait about 30 seconds.
>>
>> Receiver not detected press backspace with r to reconnect or v for
>> virtual.
>> -Here is where you would want to use the reconnect command. Another
>> situation where you might want to use the reconnect command is if you are
>> exploring in virtual mode then decide to switch to GPS mode, you can then
>> switch on the reciever, hit the backspace b command and you are now up
>> and
>> running.
>>
>> If upon entry you receive the message about turn on bluetooth receiver.
>> -Here you could turn on your receiver and press C to connect to your
>> receiver. If it still doesn't connect, make sure bluetooth is on within
>> KeySoft.
>>
>> If upon entry, you get the message about make sure your receiver is
>> active.
>> -Make sure that the reciever is paired and active within the KeySoft
>> bluetooth connectivity menu. Then you cna go back into the program and
>> press
>> the backspace b command.
>>
>> Sorry if this is a lot to absorb, but this is just one of the quirks of
>> bluetooth as it isn't the most stable thing on the BrailleNote.
>>
>> Kevin
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:47 PM
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm amazed!
>>
>>
>>> So if it looses a connection, do you just get the "no fix, acquiring
>>> satellites" thing? I'll have to read more carefully about what to do
>>> after resets and stuff, just so I don't find myself out and about
>>> somewhere with a lost fix, panicking. <grin>
>>>
>>> Peggy
>>> http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kevin Chao" <g.unit89@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:41 PM
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm amazed!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Peggy,
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, the M-1000 is quite something, especially at looking at how fast
>>>> it
>>>> is able to acquire a fix and maintain a good one.
>>>>
>>>> I never used the Serial EarthMate, but did use the Bluetooth EarthMate
>>>> and from time to time I will just do a side-by-side comparison and am
>>>> still astonished at the results. The Earthmate will take quite longer
>>>> to
>>>> pull in satellites and if it does it will only pull in 3 at the most
>>>> while the M-1000 pulls in 10 easily within a matter of 30 or so
>>>> seconds.
>>>>
>>>> It turns out that there is a one-handed keystroke for the backsspace
>>>> with
>>>> r command and that is backspace with b. I find that I use this command
>>>> quite frequentley because the bluetooth connection may drop for an
>>>> unknown reason. It is really nice to be able to hit this command while
>>>> you are walking out the door and you are golden afterwards.
>>>>
>>>> I think other than knowing that single command there isn't much that
>>>> you
>>>> shouldn't figure out just from using it.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:30 PM
>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] I'm amazed!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I still haven't left the house, but I just paired the receiver,
>>>>> and set my GPS program to use the Bluetooth receiver. I'm sitting
>>>>> here
>>>>> inside my house, and as soon as I entered the program, I got an
>>>>> instant
>>>>> fix, with where I am, and a good fix! It was amazing! I looked in
>>>>> the
>>>>> documentation and committed backspace with r to memory, in case I lose
>>>>> a
>>>>> connection. Is there anything else I should commit to memory, so I
>>>>> don't go into panic mode if I'm out and about and lose a connection?
>>>>> I'm sitting here in amazement!
>>>>>
>>>>> Peggy
>>>>> http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
>>>>>
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