Saturday I got a call that a helicopter was available later on that day - Did I want to take a recon flight. There is a section of river I have wanted to check out for years. I hiked into this area about 10 or so years ago. The hike was so long, and the hills so unbelievably steep, we were only able to stay on the river for about 2 hours before we had to leave to make it out before dark. 2 hours is nowhere near enough time to evaluate the potential of any area. The hike out of this area was so bad we named it - vertigo. I did find some gold while we were in there and have always wanted to go back, but that hike!
Well, I jump at the invitation, the plan was to see if we could locate an area where the helicopter could drop us off, then pick us up later on that day. I met my nephew David at the Airport, and after a short meeting with the pilot to explain "the plan" we were in the air. It never ceases to amaze me, how a hour and a half drive, can be a 10 minute flight.
It didn't take long at all to reach the river and locate a good looking area to prospect. We had one problem, there was no spot for us to land for a long way, up or down the river. This area was just too steep! But there was a very large rock outcropping in the middle of the area we were looking at. The pilot informed me he could hold a helicopter on the rock while we got out. After a short discussion we decided that was the plan. If everything comes together, we will fly in next week, so this is a - to be continued blog!
I just hope I can climb off that damn rock.
Well, I jump at the invitation, the plan was to see if we could locate an area where the helicopter could drop us off, then pick us up later on that day. I met my nephew David at the Airport, and after a short meeting with the pilot to explain "the plan" we were in the air. It never ceases to amaze me, how a hour and a half drive, can be a 10 minute flight.
It didn't take long at all to reach the river and locate a good looking area to prospect. We had one problem, there was no spot for us to land for a long way, up or down the river. This area was just too steep! But there was a very large rock outcropping in the middle of the area we were looking at. The pilot informed me he could hold a helicopter on the rock while we got out. After a short discussion we decided that was the plan. If everything comes together, we will fly in next week, so this is a - to be continued blog!
I just hope I can climb off that damn rock.
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