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Posts tagged "gps"

Proximity Waypoints in the Grand Canyon

March 22, 2014 / Pat Brown / GPS, Grand Canyon, Technology

It should come as no surprise that navigating the Grand Canyon is a serious undertaking even in today’s GPS age. So before I embarked on a self-support kayak trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, I made sure I was prepared with the most up to date, accurate navigational data and tools. My […]

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Garmin, gps, Grand Canyon

Springtime in the Desert

May 1, 2013 / Pat Brown / Adventure, Stories

Winters of late have served as a time of rest for me with a focus on projects around the house. So after several months of mulling about the house, the arrival of Spring brought with it another season of opportunity to travel and explore the West. When Colorado was still locked in Winter’s hold, the […]

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gps, photos, stories

BVCB Bike Tour

September 7, 2012 / Pat Brown / Adventure, Stories

Although the 2012 drought has been less than ideal for kayaking, the upshot has been that I’ve been able to get out on my mountain bike more this year than in the past several years combined. So when my good friend, Scott, suggested a Labor Day weekend bike trip from Buena Vista to Crested Butte, […]

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digital, gps, mapping, photos, stories

Cape Bird

January 30, 2012 / Pat Brown / Adventure, Antarctica, Stories

There has been a distinct change in the air around McMurdo the past few weeks. While the cracks in my dry skin have been racing those in the sea ice of McMurdo Sound, the arrival of the Russian ice breaker, Vladimir Ignatyuk, advanced the break up of the sea ice in a way that I […]

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Antarctica, gps, photos, stories

Half Way..

January 22, 2012 / Pat Brown / Adventure, Antarctica, Stories

My anticipation for this moment had been building for 6 months, yet I found myself in a panic ridden state as the whine of the rotors increased in pitch directly over my head. The immense bulk of my Big Red parka and the Lilliputian dimensions of the cabin restricted my motions while the multiple legs […]

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Antarctica, gps, photos, stories

Costa Rica Kayak Adventure!

December 2, 2010 / Pat Brown / Adventure, Kayaking, Stories

Tomorrow, I take off for a 10 day whitewater kayaking adventure through Costa Rica! The warm weather will be a welcome break from the cold winter that has begun to descend on Colorado, and it will feel great to get back in my kayak every day after a dry spell with almost no boating. Rain […]

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gps, kayak, photos, SPOT, stories

History Balloon Photos

April 17, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, LASP, Stories, Technology

I would have to say that recovering the balloon package is my favorite part of launching high altitude balloons. The whole process reminds me a bit of playing neighborhood baseball as a child. Inevitably, the ball would get hit into another neighbors yard or get caught in a tree or someplace inaccessible, and then a […]

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balloon, gps, photos, SPOT, stories

Lucky Balloon!

March 25, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, LASP, Stories, Technology

If you read the pre-flight article, you’d remember that I ended by saying, “Let’s hope for the Luck o’ the Irish for the ole’ balloon!” As it turned out, this balloon flight definitely needed the luck of the Irish. After a perfect launch into a blue-bird Colorado sky, we casually began to follow the SPOT […]

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balloon, digital, gps, mapping, photos, SPOT, stories

St Patrick’s Day Balloon Launch

March 16, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, LASP, Stories, Technology

That’s right, the balloon team is back at it again! This time, we are launching a balloon as part of an Education and Public Outreach (EPO) effort at LASP in conjunction with Arvada High School. The expected launch time is 9:30am MDT. The payload has a few extra goodies this time based on the open-source […]

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gps, SPOT, stories

Edge of Space Follow-Up

January 7, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, Stories, Technology

The expanded analysis of the January 5 balloon flight to the edge of space is finally available! If you aren’t a geek, you will be probably be satisfied with the YouTube documentary and photo albums that are presented below. But if you have been asking questions like, “How high did it go?”, or “How come […]

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digital, gps, mapping, SPOT, stories, video
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