essential flight gear...

Dug through my gear today to unearth my GoPro Hero 3+ (I had to dig deep to find the charging cable).  I have only used this camera 4 times since I bought it almost 3 years ago.  Sad thing is - this cost $300 bucks back then and now the market is flooded with Chinese knockoffs that are better than this model at a fraction of the price.  61,69,46,0,C  

HERO3+

Although I have one of the original GoPro cameras, I decided to upgrade to the HERO3+.  Now I will be ready for 2 camera views while in flight.  (perhaps I will build a chase cam similar to one of these overpriced rigs  http://www.wingmancam.com/Home.html )   After all the PPG videos I have watched...a helmet just doesn't look right without a camera on it.  75,84,44,0,B 

parts of the process

Patched the anemometer and luckily found out how to reprogram it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFfxuo_p8JI  Marked the mount holes for the solar panels and drilled pilot holes.  I'm not going to bolt them down till I decide on a proper pole mount for the rig.  Been watching a lot of PPG videos and a great portion of them are shot with a GoPro camera.  Thought it would be a good idea to charge up the battery in the one I bought a couple of years ago and make sure it still works. I'm thinking horn cam on Ben for a test...  48,67,37,0,C,0

so close...

Eight hour day...3 at the GrubShack and 5 on the roof.  So close to the welcome end of this phase I can almost taste it.  The new GoPro arrived today.  Such a cute/tiny camera.  I reckon my G9 would be about this size without the LCD.  50,69,22,0,C

COLD DESERT

The cold front rolled in this morning.....sunny, but chilly and windy all day...expecting an overnight low in the low teens tonight.  If the winds clear and temps warm up by Thursday - I hope to finish the roofing by this weekend.  Seemed at last count - I won't have enough screws so made a toasty truck ride of a 1/2 day trip to Alpine to make sure I have enough to finish the job.   Love crossing the suddenly foggy frost covered hills before descending into town. 

Hunkered down all morning in the hut planning the wash of a day.  Before I left for the 3hr round trip, I gave into buying a new camera online.  My friend Paul just got one and it has a number of features that appeal to me:  price, waterproof housing (aka dust proof), cheap replaceable lens package for the housing, and the ability to shoot HD video and time lapse at a number of settings.  My dust filled G9 is worthless now for time lapse videos.  I ordered the basic model ( Hero Naked ) without all the mounts - that's what duct tape is for.  http://www.goprocamera.com/  ...  and no, I won't be mounting it to Benita.  34,47,32,0,B