Objectives: To survey the road along Skyline Rim. Also to test the range of the APRS with a ground-based repeater.

EVA Team:
EVA Commander: Jan
EVA Navigator: Jan
EVA Crew: Doug
Hab Comm: Heidi

Planned Route: MDRS – Sunday Pointe – Clara's Corner – Telegraph Point - MDRS

Timeline:
Don Suits: 10:30
Enter Airlock: 11:40
Egress: 11:45
Ingress: 14:28
Enter Hab: 14:32

New Waypoints Established (Details See Excel Database):

• WPT 170 - Sagan Street Start
• WPT 171 - Repeater Point
• WPT 172 - Sagan Street Topo 3
• WPT 173 - Sagan Street Topo 4
• WPT 174 - Topo 1/4 S34
• WPT 175 - Henry Street East
• WPT 176 - Topo County RoW
• WPT 177 - (Highway 24)
• WPT 178 - Survey Benchmark C111
• WPT 179 - Clara's Canyon
• WPT 180 - Beehive 24
• WPT 181 - Henry Street West
• WPT 182 - Radio Ridge
• WPT 184 - Collapsed Road

Narrative: As we suited up, Kyle finished preparing the APRS repeater and testing it. Once we left the airlock we proceeded to load all our gear on the ATVs. Jan checked tire pressure and inflated them as necessary, while I refueled the two ATVs.

From the Hab we headed North in search of the small trail that leads to the top of Radio Ridge. Along the way Jan got his ATV stuck in a small trench. This was not a big deal as the two of us were able to pull it free.

Once at the top of Radio Ridge, we set up the APRS on the highest spot we could find that was also easily accessible with the ATVs. From there, Jan lead us west to Clara's Corner where we turned south. We stayed on this path until it ended at the main highway, only stopping a couple of times to survey waypoints.

Once reaching the road, we traveled down into a canyon where an old washed out road once went. Next we proceeded west parallel to the highway to the original head of the dirt path we had taken. From there we headed back to retrieve the APRS repeater and survey a little of the road on top of Radio Ridge overlooking MDRS. Then we were ready to head down the hill to MDRS. We noticed that the majority of the wind at the hab is blocked by Radio Ridge. The winds atop of Radio Ridge were strong enough to cause the ATVs to want to drift to the side, not to mention it made it feel very cold. However, a nice warm lunch back at the Hab always helps to warm us up.