We have three new associations for you this month, from tiny to big (especially in elevation!).
PYT - Brazil - Trindade & Martim Vaz Is.
This is a Brazilian archipelago in the Atlantic. The two main islands have a qualifying high point. Our PY1 AM, Douglas, @PY1II, has taken on the AM role.
Alejandro @LU1MAWintroduced himself already as AM for LUM (but was too modest to mention his deep involvement with the other LU work).
Not only does LUM have a large count of summits, but also they are very high! In fact, the 10 pointers are of sufficient elevation that you need to think about Acute Mountain Sickness! No joke. And of course the highest of all is LUM/PH-001 Aconcagua at 6960 m. This is both the highest summit in the Americas (Denali, KLF/DE-001, is lower at 6194 m) and in the southern hemisphere.
Congratulations to the MT for sourcing 3 new SOTA Countries - one of which 5B (Cyprus), will be of great interest to SOTA Holiday activators I’m sure. Your work is very much appreciated.
Yes, updated lists of RMs and an AM update that was missed for 4 months. (Mea culpa). Numerous tweaks to names, altitudes, positions. A few deletions of duplications and a new summit in The Vosges FL/VO-168.
The DB has been updated so the new LU and PY associations are included in “All LU” and “All PY”.
Hi All,
Thanks to the amazing effort and huge help from Alex LU1MAW and everyone at the Radio Club in Mendoza LU1MA the first activation of Aconcagua was successful!
I can’t express how thankful I am to all the amazing people in the Mendoza club, there would be absolutely NO CHANCE to do it without them.