Hawk Mountain PT?

[ol'fido]

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Hello?

Thrashed!  Appalachians on line 1 for you!

With that said...1500ft?  In my wing we call that a building.

BITD, we used to get a pretty regular diet of pilots from  Chicago who thought Southern Illinois was as flat as central or northern Illinois smacking into the sides of "hills". Less of that these days with modern nav equipment.

[Eclipse]

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Hello?

Thrashed!  Appalachians on line 1 for you!

With that said...1500ft?  In my wing we call that a building.

BITD, we used to get a pretty regular diet of pilots from  Chicago who thought Southern Illinois was as flat as central or northern Illinois smacking into the sides of "hills". Less of that these days with modern nav equipment.

One advantage of living in proximity to the tallest building in the world US is you don't need NAV equipment.  You just look for the big pointy thing.
Left is dry, right is wet. 

If you can't see the lake or the building, you risk flying near places the Good Lord did not intend for people to live, turn around and head
back towards civilization!

[cantthinkof1]

I love how I asked about the PT and now there's an argument about what is considered a "mountain". Oh poor CAPtalk....

[Stonewall]

I love how I asked about the PT and now there's an argument about what is considered a "mountain". Oh poor CAPtalk....

Meh, that's typical.  As for the PT, I don't think there's an attrition to HMRS, i.e. people getting weeded out due to one reason or another, but people probably do quit because it's either hard, or they get homesick.  But that's typical of any CAP activity, to include encampment.

For some, Hawk Mountain may be more challenging than to others.  Either way, thousands have successfully completed the course before you, and thousands will finish it after you.  It never hurts to PT, regardless of upcoming activities.

[Thrashed]

Pt question was handled. The discussion (no argument) evolved. Remember Hawk "Mountain"? It's almost like this is a public forum in a free country. 

[davidsinn]

If you can't see the lake or the building, you risk flying near places the Good Lord did not intend for people to live, turn around and head
back towards civilization!

I would not consider anything in the same county as that building to be civilization...

[Майор Хаткевич]

If you can't see the lake or the building, you risk flying near places the Good Lord did not intend for people to live, turn around and head
back towards civilization!

I would not consider anything in the same county as that building to be civilization...

Says the man from Cornhuskland.  :angel:

[ol'fido]

Down here,if you see a kid playing a banjo on a bridge, TURN AROUND!

[davidsinn]

If you can't see the lake or the building, you risk flying near places the Good Lord did not intend for people to live, turn around and head
back towards civilization!

I would not consider anything in the same county as that building to be civilization...

Says the man from Cornhuskland.  :angel:

There hasn't been a murder in my county in at least 10 years. Cook county hasn't had a murder for what, 10 whole minutes?

[SarDragon]

If a car can drive up it, its not a mountain.

According to that, Pike's Peak (14,115') doesn't count either! 

[DJN245]

If a car can drive up it, its not a mountain.

According to that, Pike's Peak (14,115') doesn't count either! 

Haha only on captalk, good point btw sardragon

[cantthinkof1]

Textbook definition on what qualifies something as a mountain: "A large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak."   

[Thrashed]

If a car can drive up it, its not a mountain.

According to that, Pike's Peak (14,115') doesn't count either! 

Yea, I left that one out on purpose. It's really only a 5-6,000' climb since the state itself if higher than most mountains in the east.

[SarDragon]

Colorado

Mean elevation - 6800'
Lowest point - 3317'
Elevation span - 11,123'
Highest point -  14,440'

Its lowest point is higher than the highest point of 18 states, the highest of which is Pennsylvania, at 3213'.

Take that, Hawk Mountain! 

[LGM30GMCC]

You definitely feel it too. Running in Cheyenne at 6000'+ hurts. A lot.

[Stonewall]

In Afghanistan I was just above 5,000' for about 7 months and kept a log of my PT.  I ran more than 500 miles in that time, and when I returned to sea level, I ran like the wind.  Less than a month after my return I ran the annual Beach Race that I've been running for years and knocked off 2 minutes from my time.  5 miles (on the sand) in 38:40.

Sure felt good, but by the next year I was back to just over 40 minutes, I felt like a slug.  Although the tides and winds weren't helping, so the sand was softer and the wind was blowing pretty hard.  I'm hoping that had something to do with it.  We'll see this year.

[Sapper168]

..and on the right, we're passing Mt. Trashmore..

:clap: :clap: :clap:  Been there done that...too many times...

[Nathan]

Why did I just read this entire thread?

[SarDragon]

Why did I just read this entire thread?

Glutton for punishment?

Too much to drink?

[cantthinkof1]

I was not selected to attend Hawk Mountain Ranger School for 2013.  ); 

Oh well, there's always next year.