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RAMROD 2.0 - The White Album

1. LOGISTICS:

Team STP = Sebastian, Stefan, Bral, and Moses! Team STP will start North and head South.
Team IB = Yu, Funk, and Solomon Team IB will start South and head North.

Car 1 = Moses Mobile - please bring an extra set of keys!!
Car 2 = Gretchen Groggel Green Machine - please bring an extra set of keys!!

Everyone should meet at Form Factor at 7:30pm (19:30) on Thursday, August 5th, 2010.
Lets meet at this address: 7545 Longard Road, Livermore, CA 94551

GOOGLE link
Make sure to email Yu's anyone's email address to receive spot indications.
2. ITINERARY
Thursday -
- 19:30 - Meet at Form Factor, Livermore. Pack the cars and depart.
- 24:00 - Sleep at Tioga Pass

Friday - free to do what you like in the morning till 13:00. some will fish, some will chill, some will climb.
- 13:00 - head to Bishop stopping at the White Mountain Ranger Station
- 16:00 - early dinner in Bishop - (will we eat out or make dinner?)
- 17:30 - head to trail heads.
- 19:30 - lay down for some shut eye

Saturday
- 03:15 - wake up, eat some food, deficate, drink water, check bags, etc.
- 04:00 - Hit the trail!! - Keep track of water sources and mark on GPS units to hand off to next team.
- 19:00 - Finish!! Enjoy cold beverages and food!
- 21:00 - Wild Willies Hot Spring!! 37.66261,-118.789589
GOOGLE link

Sunday
- chill out, maybe go for a run or hike!! - probably do some yoga and fishing.. And hitting the hot springs again...
- drive home and return to reality...boo.

3. EMERGENCY EXIT PLAN
Please leave something vertical on the trial with a bandana in it near the top. Best example would be to build a cairn and put a bandanna in between the top two rocks. Then leave a bunch of gear and food and the cooler at the trail head. Hopefully you will be able to leave a message on paper or a messenger to describe what is happening.

If there is more than 39% chance of Tstorms in the Whites, then we'll go play somewhere else.

4. TEAM GEAR - each team will carry some items to be shared by the whole team.
- sun screen
- water treatment (aqua mira)
- first aid containing Beta-dine, Vaseline, Ibuprofen, Duct Tape, Gauze, Diamox, sewing needle, thread, ___what_else_?__
- cell phone = who was going to carry phones? Yu and Sebastian??
- GPS = Funk's GPS, Yu's GPS, and Stefan's as back up. Bring extra set of batteries for back up (Funk has lots AAs)
- GPS batteries
- Compass
- Map
- toilette paper
- Coolers - Funk's cooler and Stefan's cooler.

5. INDIVIDUAL GEAR
this list is not supposed to be all inclusive, but it should provide a good start.
- closed toed shoes
- three pairs of socks
- capacity to carry 5 L of water
- hat to keep sun off face
- sun glasses
- bandanna
- duct tape
- light gloves
- wind breaker that is slightly water repellent
- warm jacket (preferably down)
- warm leg coverings
- shorts
- short sleeve shirt
- long sleeve shirt
- emergency blanket/bivy (Mylar)
- toilette paper
- NUTRITION!! - shot blocks, gu, cliff bars, lara bars, baked potatoes, dates, etc...
- hiking poles
- headlamp with fresh batteries
- safety pins to pin wet socks to outside of pack
- lip balm
- ___what_else?__

6. END of TRAIL ITEMS:
Team STP cooler (Seabass, Tall German, Bral, Moses)
- greens
- highland scotch
- tangerines
- roasted salted peanuts
- honey roasted peanuts
- coconut water (where do you get this?)
- ginger ale (or did you mean Reed's Ginger Beer?)
- CANDY: Twix, KitKat, ButterFinger, Jolly Ranchers, Werther's Originals
- dark beer
- Maharaja from Avery
- Halva
- 2 gallons of Water

Team IB cooler (Funk, Yu, Solomon)
- greens
- tangerines
- roasted salted peanuts
- cold beer: Solomon and Yu should chime in here!!
- Maharaja from Avery)
- Halva
- 2 gallons of Water
- Clausen Pickles (halves)


7. Buying and Bringing Stuff:
Funk will bring:
- Aqua Mira for both teams
- sunscreen for team IB
- sleeping pad & tent for Solomon + 1 opening
- GPS with topo & waypoints
- cooler
- Maharaja
- vasaline for Team IB
- hiking poles for anyone replying to message asking for poles
- an extra sleeping bag
- a bunch of shot blocks
- a few extra energy bars
- a whole bunch of boiled potatoes with salt!!
- compass

Stefan will bring:
- maps
- cooler
- GPS with topo & waypoints
- compass

Yu will birng:
- GPS with topo & waypoints
- compass

Bral will bring:
- Jolly Ranchers for all

Moses - hammer gels and cliff blocks with caffine - one idea would be to go to Sports Basement instead of REI, but whateva...

Alrighty Boys!! totally psyched!! Solomon and I ran up to the wind turbines this morning!! finally made it after 6 years of living here!! we are primed up and ready to do it!!

See you kids tomorrow!!
G-funk
damn - that just took 80 minutes to write...

Reverse it!

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Water and Energy connections in CA

* The California State Water Project is the largest single user of energy in California. In the process of delivering water from the San Francisco Bay-Delta to Southern California, the project uses 2 to 3 percent of all electricity consumed in the state.


* The State Water Project burns energy pumping water 2,000 feet over the Tehachapi Mountains -- the highest lift of any water system in the world. The amount of energy used to deliver that water to residential customers in Southern California is equivalent to approximately one-third of the total average household electric use in the region.


* Ninety percent of all electricity used on farms is devoted to pumping groundwater for irrigation.

Passivhaus

Solution to the financial chrisis (german)

Es ist August, eine kleine Stadt an der Riviera, Hauptsaison, aber es regnet, die Stadt ist leer. Alle haben Schulden und leben auf Kredit. Zum Glück betritt einer der noch reichen Russen eines der Hotels:

· Der Russe will ein Zimmer, legt 500 Euro auf den Tisch und geht, um sich das Zimmer ansehen.
· Der Hotelchef nimmt das Geld und rennt zum Metzger, um seine Schulden zu begleichen.
· Dieser nimmt die Banknote und rennt zum Schweinezüchter, um seine Schulden zu regulieren.
· Dieser nimmt die 500 Euro und rennt zum Futterlieferanten, um seine Schulden zu reduzieren.
· Dieser nimmt das Geld und gibt es der Nutte, bei der er laufend auf Kredit war (Krise).
· Die Nutte nimmt das Geld und rennt zum Hotelchef, um ihre Schulden für das Stundenzimmer zu regulieren.

Genau in diesem Moment kommt der Russe zurück, sagt, das Zimmer gefalle ihm nicht, nimmt seine 500 Euro zurück und verlässt die Stadt.

Niemand hat etwas verdient, aber die ganze Stadt hat keine Schulden mehr und schaut plötzlich wieder völlig optimistisch in die Zukunft!