[meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:46 2004
Message-ID: <121320030636.1553.7de_at_att.net>

Dear Adam,

I spent quite a few years in the deserts of swa. I hunted for scrap iron in
the beginning. I expanded into whatever I could find. Antique bottles and
such. The best site i ever found was an old auto parts dump. Piles of old
brass horns from model-K fords. I drove down mountains in 110 degree heat in
old trucks loaded with junk that weighed 5 times more than the truck, with no
brakes. Ever spend 16 hours a day dismantling a combine in the desert and
trying to figure out how to load it into a 54 chevy pickup? Rattlesnakes and
scorpions jumping out of every dry log while i chopped through that hard pan
soil to make a buck. Desert winds sandblasting my rear and more important my
truck! Go buy some chapstick. Cold winds howling...give me a break!

Bill Kieskowski

> Dear Mark and List Members,
>
> You are not kidding when you say most of the dry lake beds have black and
> red volcanic rocks everywhere. We literally had to search through tens of
> thousands of these black rocks to find the unreported strewn field. These
> dry lake expeditions are not for the faint-of-heart. To be somewhat
> successful you have to hike at least 10 miles a day zig-zagging from black
> rock to rock. Separating meteorites from the lava stones can cause eye
> strain and the cold wind howling through these areas can cause wind burn.
> We searched seven dry lake beds, drove over 800 miles and must have hiked at
> least a hundred miles to find three stones so an extreme level of patience
> is required. In other words, these dry lake finds do not come easy.
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam Hupe
>
>
>
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Received on Sat 13 Dec 2003 01:36:32 AM PST