[meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:46 2004
Message-ID: <068b01c3c146$3d4c7c00$d2dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Dear Bill,

What is your problem? This expedition was for fun not for rude comments. I
notice you have been commenting on several List Members posts lately. Maybe
you should give us some field reports so we can comment on them. Plenty of
Chapstick was on hand as where five other members who will not appreciate
your comments. Try spending 9 hours a day in 45 plus mile an hour winds in
the 40s and we will see how excited you are about making a cold find. I was
not whining, just commenting on how really difficult it is to find
meteorites on these lake beds for those who search them on a consistent
basis. My hat is off to all of those who have found meteorites on these dry
lakes. The hours spent certainly do not make it a profitable proposition
but the treasure hunting aspect certainly is exciting.

As far as this being a new find, there is no doubt because we checked it out
with two institutions in the know. No meteorite has ever been reported from
this locality and when we announce where they were found you will understand
why. It is too bad we are not allowed to savor the moment without rude
comments.

All the best,

Adam Hupe




----- Original Message -----
From: <joseph_town_at_att.net>
To: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:36 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions


> 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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