JS3905 STATION RECOVERY (1973)
JS3905'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 (CLN
JS3905'IN 1972 LIGHTNING BLASTED A 3-FOOT-WIDE AND 3-FOOT-DEEP HOLE
JS3905'IN THE SOLID ROCK AT THE STATION SITE, FUSING THE METAL LIGHT
JS3905'THAT WAS BEING SHOWN TO ANOTHER TRIANGULATION STATION AND
JS3905'DESTROYING THE STATION MARK. ON THIS DATE THE HOLE WAS CLEARED
JS3905'OF LOOSE ROCKS AND A 1500-POUND MASS OF CONCRETE WAS POURED
JS3905'IN THE HOLE AND ANCHORED TO SOLID BEDROCK. A NEW STATION MARK
JS3905'WAS SET IN THE SAME POSITION AS THE OLD STATION MARK BY USING
JS3905'THE DIRECTIONS TO THE AZIMUTH MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2
JS3905'AND THE DISTANCES TO REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 MEASURED IN 1940
JS3905'AND 1972.
I thought of P&R for this . . . .
Cheers,
Henry
The survey gods were angry that day.
I wasn't there then, but I was there in the mid-90's sometime. If I remember correctly, the last 10 or 15 feet to the top is a slightly technical climb (hands and feet, pretty near vertical). My wife chose not to do that last bit. Great views from the top.
The 1972 dudes flew up there in a helicopter. The main ridge of the Sierra are commonly thunderstormy in the summer months.
