AI6YR Ben
Tidbit from a local ham: they went to Big Bear in a bus over the weekend for a ski trip with the local ski club, but the bus got stuck in a parking lot because the diesel fuel froze (apparently you have to have the right formulation to avoid freezing). And he never managed to get to the slopes. And one of the folks he went on the trip with fell over and died while they were checking into the condos (!). #hamradio #chatter
Feb 20 at 5:35pmWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 20
(anyway, thoughts with the family of whoever here in the Conejo Valley died hoping to go skiing in Big Bear over the weekend. Given the size of the community here, undoubtedly two degrees away) 🙏
Show threadW6KMEFeb 20
@ai6yr To all of us visiting an icy area...buy a pair of Yaktrax. Cheapest insurance you will ever find. So many people have serious or even fatal injuries just slipping on ice.
Show threadJim HubbellFeb 20
@W6KME @ai6yr
I have some i use on my backyard chore shoes. This winter has been so dry, they are still sitting on the shelf by the back door.
Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 20
@Dougfir @W6KME I gave mine to my daughter, who lives in an area with snow. Apparently she was thinking she could use them in the icy parking lot where her car is, lol.
Show threadJim HubbellFeb 20
@ai6yr @W6KME
Good idea. Sportsmans Wharehouse has a nice selection if you want to replace them.
Show threadWhingingWhippetFeb 20
@W6KME @ai6yr I’d avoid the steel-coil kind, though. They aren’t what they used to be. We bought them a few years ago for hiking in Banff, one pair broke on the very first day, the other broke soon after. We’d heard of people using their coil Yaktrax for years but this current incarnation isn’t that. Shame, I don’t know what happened. (I agree, though, I would never think of being on an icy trail without a traction enhancer.)
Show threadJim HubbellFeb 20
@whingingwhippet @W6KME @ai6yr
My steel-coil ones are fine for the light duty stuff I do in the back yard. For hiking, yeah probably need something stronger.
Show threadSarah E BourneFeb 21
@whingingwhippet @W6KME @ai6yr Weirdly, I'm happy to hear that. I had to replace my 8 year old pair and the new ones didn't last one winter. I thought maybe I was walking wrong or something.
Show threadMsMeropeFeb 20
@ai6yr sheeesh
Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 20
@MsMerope Didn't sound like he had a good trip, lol.
Show threadJim HubbellFeb 20
@ai6yr
In this part of the world, fuel stations switch to Diesel #1 as soon as the temps get low enough in late fall. CDF learned that lesson when they switched to Diesel engines a long time ago on some late season, high altitude fires.