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| Ice Lakes; perching at 13,700' elevation. |
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| Governor; unloading passengers. |
28 February 2013
Heli-ski Telluride
I didn't take any pictures today, but My Honey did:
27 February 2013
Idarado Legacy Project; Avalanche Control; Telluride, Colorado
Today's photos are courtesy of Angela Hawse. Angela is a guide with Telluride Helitrax, she is one of the most awesome-possum women I've met in a long time.
Pretty Day
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| We arrived at the airport at dark-thirty to begin our day. The snowplow is blowing snow off the runway in the distance. |
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| They're busy with snow removal. The moon is in the right side of the photo. |
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| KTEX snow removal. |
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| My own personal ice skating rink in the corner of the airport. I only fueled here once today then moved South to Trout Lake for the remainder of the day. |
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| The snow blower on the runway. |
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| A cold place to keep my yogurt refrigerated. |
26 February 2013
Snow Day
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| A snow day, there will be no flying high in the sky today. |
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| We went to the local grocery store where grocery prices are double what they should be and we pay .25 cents for each paper grocery sack we use at check-out. |
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| I found this at the grocery store. I don't know what it is. Anyone? (Update: I've since learned this is called a "Buddha's Hand") |
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| I took this photo on the way home from the grocery store. I couldn't have lined up the truck with that mirror if I tried to. |
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| Snowy afternoon. |
25 February 2013
Flying High In The Sky: Avalanche Control
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| This morning I got to fly with My Honey and help with avalanche control. |
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| An early start this morning. |
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| We helped assemble the explosives. (Angela, Joe and My Honey) |
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| Some of the explosives used for avalanche control. We also had about 20 "small" explosives in addition to several large ones. |
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| Every available space was stuffed with explosives. |
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| Part of the explosives were used nearby a local mining operation, so we picked up "mine guy" (I don't recall his name) and he flew with us. |
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| Scenery. |
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| This would have been prettier had the light been different. |
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| Scenery. |
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| Boom! A small man made avalanche. |
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| Pretty Colorado. |
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| Stopping by the fuel ball for fuel. |
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| The fuel ball. |
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| Angela helps fuel the helicopter. |
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| After avalanche control, flying over Telluride's ski slopes. |
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| A picture from My Honey. Me with the 3 x 8's. |
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| A picture from My Honey. Me preparing a fuse. |
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| A picture of me from Angela, thanks Angela! |
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| Another picture of me from Angela. See, I really do work. |