Trans-Atlantic S2S Event 23rd April 2022 (Part 1)

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I’m taking my KX2 and Chameleon MPAS Lite vertical to the same spot on the same summit, my nearest one (G/LD-058) as for the last transatlantic S2S event in November.

I hope I don’t get the wild weather I had back then where the wind tried to blow me and my tent away.

Trans-Atlantic S2S - 6th November part 3

Activating from a tent in wild weather I’ve activated once before from a tent whilst wild camping in calm warm July weather, but this was the first time I did it in wild weather. They say You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but this old dog had to learn ‘on the job’ how to erect - and later pack away - a tent and ground sheet in a howling wind that’s trying to rip them from your hands. It must have taken at least three times longer than usual to make sure my stuff wasn’t scattered around the…

73, Andy