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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Oregon City
Oddometer: 352
New Guy Solo in DV 10 days / 1000 miles
First posted on BDS in Oregon, it's basic info aimed at new riders looking for a ride. It's simple, don't bother- set the bike up, bring the gear, and motor on. Life isn't waiting for anyone- don't waste it.
It's worth bringing a $60 shade tech awning and a solar water bag for shower. I anchored the awning to the camp table and collapsed it for heavy winds. Shade is limited everywhere in Death Valley. Stacking two storage containers on the camp table I threw the water bag up there and had a hot shower every day. Showers are $5 at Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Hell, free at Panamint Springs. All three campgrounds were fine with security. I left an extra set of wheels & tires out with no problem. All the gear was next to the truck in each campground including fuel, and cooler. Some of it covered or boxed.
Provision yourself. A hamburger, small salad and glass of beer is $20. I used the restaurant once at Panamint. That was it. I bought ice on the way in, after that Ice is $5.00 a bag. Only bought 2 bags for the 10 days. Mike warned me.
Some checking shows active guys my weight/ height should be consuming 2300 calories a day. I lost weight on just under 1000 calories causing fatigue toward the last riding days. Store stuff is mostly low-cal. Good for the show horse, useless for the work horse. There are higher calorie cereals, MH freeze dried meals, etc. just gotta hunt for it. Couldn't believe the RR where younger, fast riders survived on chicken and whiskey for a week. How many calories in a drunk chicken? No point in prepping the bike if the rider isn't up to the job. Bike camping with Freeze dried food? Several of us complained of indigestion. Add extra water to their recommended amount. Put contents directly into boiling water of your camp gear and leave it on a low heat for a minute or two. Cover until it's warm. In-the-bag cooking doesn't get the product hydrated enough.
GEAR - Nav Aids
You need a plan to make your visit worth something. I carried SPOT for backup, a Garmin Montana for Nav aid, National Geographic, Tom Harrison, and AAA maps for primary navigation and route planning. Tracks were given to me and I promised not to pass them on. I learned to create most routes using the maps and put them in the Garmin for use. Tracks were good for waypoint reference. Maps are essential.
There were rumors by rangers and riders that GPS nav aids & Sat phones were worthless in Death Valley. Not true. Lining up 3 satellites for triangulation may take a little time as the mountain ranges block a signal- but you can get out.
Never owned a map based GPS. It is a great addition to the bike. Menu searching at night I learned a lot. How good it the Montana? When leaving, I pulled it off the bike w/o shutting off the power and put it in the Fred Meyer hard case. I stowed it in a back pack, and threw it behind the seat. When I got home, The damn thing was logging gas stops from DV to Portland.
If the wife is "The hammer", this gives her the perfect leash. No lying about getting lost when the footprints look like a desert dance floor covered by swift retreat. SPOT did it's job. Arm chair coffee commandos will be offering advice on return. Perfect for ADV riding solo or otherwise. The road assistance program offered by SPOT is unique. They send local operators to come and get you. Free towing for the first 50 miles. If they can't get to your GPS coordinate, local rescue is initiated. The same operator will charge $300 to change a vehicle tire at the race track.
Add a windbreaker to your list with chapstick in the pocket. On the bike early in the morning I wore a packable Moose windbreaker. Brian (Atomic) got me the coat and some alpinestar pants for rain. Never needed pants. I wore the coat until 12:30 for the SPW visit. You can't see wind moving the plant life when riding. Plants are tough and the wind blew me all over Death valley Rd heading to the crater. I never wore a jacket that much on the coast range. Two senior gents were leaving Furnace Creek headed to Joshua Tree.
"Pardon me sir, do you know if there's any wind at Joshua Tree?"
"Why would you worry about it when you already had the fillings blown out of your teeth??"
They left, and I motored on.
Mike and SteveP were both recommending the middle of March. It is cool with the best chance of not having snow block the passes. Mike did hit snow when he and Mark went. Steve will have to post his trip. I happened to hit a heat wave resulting in daily high wind. The last two days at Texas Springs were perfect. Cool and still, zero insect misery. One note on Texas Springs, drive the campground, TS is first come, first serve $14 a night. Bathroom & water, table/firepit. Some shady areas in the lower tent area.
The map roads you see going up valleys to a mine camp or trail hiking head are 'washes'. Some as wide as the Deschutes with no water. The cabins are built on a shelf for a reason. Much like the gopher, they stay dry. You ride on a 4WD hard pack trail in the wash. Not a good place to be if it starts raining hard. Everything marked pass can be checked by elevation markers on your map (Nat geo). More gain is sometimes a rougher track- not much for the bike guys.
I carried two water bladders in the OGIO vest, at least a gallon of water for a day's ride. Much like skiing in dry cold, you lose water through exhalation, sun, and wind steals sweat. PDX riders might drink when sweating, DV riders should start sipping early, there is no warning sign until you feel symptoms of headache, eye irritation, or fatigue.
Personal Survival gear- Water filter, Mountain house meal, Crux stove, some 1st aid basics, some bath stuff, down bag,and North Face 1 man tent on top.
Bike- 2 - tubes (2 mil), tire patching equip. Complete chain, chain parts, breaker/press, Case gaskets, o rings, bolts, specialty bolts, epoxies for the tank, cases, 1-2 oz brake fluid, clutch oil, Qt of engine oil, fuel line, zip ties, wire, duct tape, mo pro tape. Extra throttle cable, shift lever, fb/ clutch levers. Anything to make SPOT the last resort.
The GL bag weighed about 25 lbs. Gallon plastic bags let me pack items to use the most space without overstuffing. The 6.6 Acerbis weighed 30 lbs over the normal 2.7 gal IMS when full. I needed suspension springs for 60 plus lbs.
Suspension improvements are covered in "the lounge". I called Richard Wilson in OK City, he asked a few questions, had me bump the fork oil level up and shipped heavier springs. The bike hit all the rock, never wavered, deflected, or had the front end lose tracking under power. First time I rode 10 days in a row. Never had joint pain or stiffness. For a guy pushing 60 in May, that's some great suspension. I had talked to Race tech. They suggested I spring it like a fork lift. Maybe he was a new guy, or a forklift driver.
You have lots of short distance options. Stay close to resorts, your truck with fuel supply, or carry it. Carried fuel always ends up as top weight. Bigger tanks offer one advantage, you can 3/4 fill it and carry more fuel lower on the frame for better handling. KTM riders have more options, so the 6.6 Acerbis worked great. If my goal is 200 miles, I want at least 250 in range. Maps show roads not there. Worse, there is a grid of roads going everywhere, and I didn't have a clue. If I have to chance a road and put on some distance, I'm burning fuel and daylight. The schedule changes and my mileage is shrinking. One rider told me he had a three gallon tank and it gets 150 miles. It works if everything else goes according to plan. ADV might mean a wrong turn, snow blocked the sole route, or a simple mistake. If you can carry enough fuel for 50-100 miles additional, it takes a big issue off the table. 5 gallons in the 6.6 tank felt great. A full 6.6 gallons is more work for 75 miles. The first part of the day anyway. If you group ride, sharing is not a problem, just tell the guys up front so they can plan for it. Most bikes I saw carried fuel or had smaller tanks. Fuel in Death Valley- Furnace Creek (all 3 grades), Stovepipe Wells (87 only), Panamint Springs (All 3 grades).
One note about foot pegs. Black Dog calls over sized foot pegs power steering. It sure helps. I'm sorry I didn't go to Fastway pegs years ago. With increased weight, your balance and control will be stressed and FW can make a big difference for just over $100.
I only weigh 165lb at 5'10". If you're light, short, or both, there is more reason to set up the bike. The first day I spun it out in a gravel parking lot and had to pull off the 16 lb vest to pick it up. I had forgot to check tire pressure after putting on the new Moto-z tires. They were at 40 plus lbs.
Lots of good choices. Desert guys used everything from Death wings to knobbies. I settled on the Moto-z knobby up front and my Kenda 270 / 4.50 X18" rear. Perfect for the 50/50 dirt road necessary to get anywhere. How much pressure? Never had an issue with 15 psi front and rear using Moose tubes. Basalt on Cerro Gordo was sticking up at an angle like a parking garage spike bar. Nasty to ride over, worse to fall on it. Both tires wore without tearing or loss of knobs for the 1,000 miles of travel.
All I know for 30 yrs has been mud. It covers leaks, fouls bearings and adds weight. If mud sucks, dust is your friend. I cleaned oil stains w/ simple green and rode for the day checking for leaks. The engine was dry and tight.
Air Filter- Solo riding kept it clean for 10 days. The extra filter in my pack was removed. I ran the Moose triple duty filter with a twin-air rough foam 'dust cover'. I checked it every day with the CRT coolant tank in the number plate pocket. If coolant was clear and engine oil clean, there was fluid separation. Dust also records fork travel. There was a tight pattern of circles on the forks indicating comp/rbd sensitivity. I only reduced compression front/rear one click,that was enough.
Really glad I got tinted OTG goggles. The sun was hard and glaring. Never knew if the pocket camera pics turned out due to glare on the screen. I tried a set of progressive glasses under the goggles and they worked great. Prices on glasses- A complete ripoff at several hundred dollars. I can buy them cheaper on line at $50 for progressive prescription, than $300 or $400 at the local glasses franchise using medical insurance. http://www.goggles4u.com/contact.asp
They were really bad for me in Death Valley, almost worse than Western Oregon. I was congested with med use for 10 days anyway.
Death Valley is not flat. GPS readings went from -267 ft below sea level to 10,000 ft above sea level at Cerro Gordo. I left the 0-3000 ft jetting alone in the carb. The bike still averaged just over 58 mpg with all the road use (45-50 mph). Work gets a lot harder at higher elevation. Do your work in advance so you make the hill and ride on. It's no fun dragging all that weight around on a hill for a second run at high elevation. Set the bike up and ride on.
Panamint Springs- Cooler at 2000 ft, less wind, no flies, $7.50 a night & hot showers in the restroom included. My favorite place after the F-16 came in, slid it into almost a hover, pushed power, and spiral spun into the distance. Great vacation.
Stove Pipe Wells. AKA Stove Pipe Hell - 1st 3 day Campsite
March 15, Friday 25.7 miles / Local sights
They rent you dirt, a filthy aluminum table and a fire pit for $12 a night. Telephone service, no cellphones. Death Valley had a hot spell of over 100 degrees day time temps. The air is still. Black flies buzzing, and no seeums chewing your legs. This is the best time to get your bite, service the bike, and supply with food & water for the next ride. The heat stores in the valley pan like an oven. By 5 o'clock, heat releases creating tremendous winds. Dust clouds billow up and I cover the bike with a tarp anchored by a centerstand. Wind continues until about dark and the flies come back for another pound of flesh. Wind continues til temps reduce at night. I got there about 3:00 in the afternoon and had to check it out.
Mesquite Dunes are nearby,
Mosaic Canyon and the Devil's cornfield. Dunes and Playa nearby are a subtle hint you should anchor the tent. I set up a quick camp and put on 25 miles exploring the drive by sights close to camp. I returned at dusk checked fuel, tires and gear. The GL bag was only tensioned once in 10 days. Steep ramp loading made for short steps with the full bag. I used diamond tie downs on the subframe on both sides. A quick meal and ready to turn in before the flies were ready to eat. I turned in at dusk.
March 16, Saturday 168 miles / Ubehebe Crater, Racetrack Valley, Tea Kettle Junction, Lippincott through South Pass(Grapevine Canyon) to the Saline Valley Rd and out to the 190. 35 miles to the crater, all paved. 45 miles paved from Saline Valley Rd back to SP HELL. 80 road miles total
Up early and ready to ride, I ate, hit the bathroom, and went out on headlight. I got some great advice on setup from riders recommending the double take mirror and the Seat Concept product. The mirror let me cruise and keep an eye out for tourists. Tourists in Death Valley drive like they do everywhere- crazy. Completely sealed up in AC at speed on the pavement. Urban snails. A lot of them don't get out for much, unless the kids drive them crazy and they have to stop the car. The ranger at Grapevine warned me about foreign nationals. They come from all over the world, and rent cars without spare tires. Then they go wheelin' off the pavement against their contract. They fly into Lost Wages with a warp speed schedule. They want to see a number of the National Parks (the ranger said 7) in a short time. I guess that's a plan. Biggest cause of death in Death Valley is the one car roll over. In most cases, if a vehicle quits they have no water, food, sun shelter, or a spare tire. The spare tire issue. My father-in-law told me it's not the car rentals removing the tire. A spare is not issued on the fleet cars they buy. In the city with a cellphone- that works. The crusty ranger said it matters not. They can't change a tire anyway.
I motored up to the Crater on paved road. Tour buses and cars were there. Took a few pics and rode down Racetrack Valley past the Joshua trees, rubber necking the Valley floor. I had a rider with flat black helmet on a newer Honda 650, scoot around me. He gave me a little wave, I waved back.
Stopping at Tea Kettle Junction is the split for descending Lippincott grade (R) or going through Hidden Valley up Hunter Mtn. (L)
I stayed right and rode up to the Grandstand where a group was walking out to the rock Pinnacles.
I checked out the Honda and remembered Larryboy had one with a strange oil cooler connected by black hydraulic line. The faithful went to worship. I had neither AK or Koran, and motored on. To this point, any all-wheel drive vehicle with LT tires can make it. The road was recently graded flat and smooth. The road split again, and I went left by a campground where the road went to hell in a hurry. It led to the old Lippincott Mine. It's the head of a hiking trail, so I returned to the junction and went right instead. A big old sign designates the beginning of the 7 mile Lippincott Pass. Much like Bishop Ridge in the GP with smaller rock of 6-8" littered everywhere. Almost a scree surface due to chronic slough from the uphill side. The Pass has elevation (5400 down to 4200 ft), but the road is at least Jeep Willys 4 X 4 wide all the way down. Easy to thread through most of it, with short braking sections for some drop. Better taking it down, climbing would be more work than fun. At the bottom, the last mile is even more loose volcanic rock til it gets to the South Pass (great riding). I think that's where the rock marker indicates Saline Valley north.
South Pass or Grapevine Canyon, has some rock, dirt, sand. It's a twisty 4 WD road leading to the Saline Valley Rd. The Harrison map shows it as 10 miles long to Saline Valley Rd.
I had to ride another 15 miles out to the 190 Rd passing the Buckhorn cabin on the way. Now I had a 45 mile 190 road ride back to Stovepipe Hell. Stopping at the Father Crowley VP I talked to a ranger. "You think I can make it up Lippincott with my truck?" It was a fleet 4WD mini truck with donuts for tires. Shook my head and motored on. I went back to camp, found the 12 X 18 tarp unrolled it to a 2 ft width 8 ft long and left the roll for a headrest. Grabbed a cold one and pulled the hat down to block the sun a bit. Road riding was scenic, but it wasn't riding.
March 17, Sunday / 166 miles, Up to Ubehebe Crater, backtrack to Death Valley Rd., out to Crankshaft Junction. Backtrack 8 miles out to Oriental Wash, make a loop by the weather station.
Lots of miles, 90 of it road. Fairly uneventful, but it did leave the door open to some interesting ADV future trip. Went up the paved Crater Rd and continued on gravel to Crankshaft Junction.
There was a split in the road heading up the pass to Eureka Dunes. Saline Valley Hot Springs and the Village People on the left. The road to Lida and Goldpoint on the right. Couldn't get the fighters to make a strafing run, so I went right. The main road (which was one of many) lead to Gold Point, and a number of mines. If you check the NG map, the road also heads south over the pass to 267 at Bonny Claire. The Grapevine Ranger checked the map over and said there was road and it was fairly remote. I figured I could get to the mining sites and check it out. There was more road in that area going every direction than I could figure. The Garmin was not much help w/o setting a distant waypoint. I spent a bunch of time in a small area searching landmarks. The one I did find, and likely on Oriental Wash Rd was a solar weather station.
I passed it searching the last leg of the triangle to Crankshaft Junction.
How can you get lost in the Valley? Easy. Distance and a slight rise in the topo covers a flat graded road. Not many high spots to crest for overview. I backtracked testing self-nav skills. Garmin shut itself off and gave up on a dumb ass not willing to follow direction. There is lots of Death Valley in BLM hands outside the park, no fees, no campsites, and lots of road unused by most visitors. This was one of those areas. Death Valley had Monument status, prior to park status in 1994. Lesson here was carry your water and fuel loads for the unexpected. I never got close to the limits on this ride.
March 18, Monday / 39 miles, Arrive at Panamint Springs Resort and setup camp. Ride to Darwin the back way. Bought a T-shirt from Debbie and took the pavement home. Passed the Saline Valley Rd, Faher Crowley viewpoint and returned to camp.
A short day. Loops had to get big to get anywhere. Darwin Wash was my dirt route to cut pavement both ways for the next two days. It's a rough 4WD road past Darwin mining artifacts into the town itself. Darwin is only residents on a small grid town. No cops, church, not store. Locals said it was heaven. I said Bullshit Jack, not without a bar. Debbie sold me the T-shirt anyway.
March 19th Tuesday / 124 miles, PSR to Darwin, pavement to Saline Valley Rd, over Hunter Mtn down to Hidden Valley to Tea kettle Junction and back.
This route is a blast- it had just been bladed and was like riding fireroad both ways. Top of Hunter Mtn was a rocky section, then a dirt section, then a sandy section.
I rode to TKJ and found two jeepers looking at a National Geo map. They wanted to know if Saline Valley Rd was closed. Told them I just came through, great non-technical drive for a 4WD Rd. They had been told it was closed and it was signed closed on the 190 by Inyo County. Turns out they were from Mt Hood and Gladstone OR.
Unbelievable. Not only were they from Oregon, they were one of many people I met who had never been to Death Valley before. They went down to the racetrack and I turned to start Hidden Valley.
The Hunter Mtn Cabin is shown in the Harrison Map and I wanted a picture. I found the gate closed for fire danger, parked the bike and walked to the cabin for outside pics. Closed the gate and head out toward the 190. Here comes a Cadillac Eldorado leading a plume of dust going hell bent for leather straight at me. I pull over, and let dopey by. A second Eldo with dust in tow comes at me. I flag this idiot over. He rolls down the window. It's Boris and Natasha.
"Your friend is headed for a steep 4WD hill, will he wait for you on top?"
I get a dumb ass look.
"Thank you sir, Thank you!"
He just said screw you.
"Thank you sir, Thank you!"
He said it again. Then she says it: "Thank you sir, Thank you!"
I got stuffed by both of them.
I'm not getting park ranger pay- motor on. They are the reason the County posted the road closed.-sick of rental car 911 dispatches. Maybe they weren't dumb. With two Eldos you have 4 spare tires.
I went back through Darwin and into PSR. While riding the wash, I saw the colors change on the canyon from the afternoon sun. It can be a different place every ride through.
I ate and slept off the bike. I promised Mike I would because the June trip would have a lot of bike camping. I never bike camped. The NF one man tent was fine, the Crux stove worked great. I had everything I needed- except I had to steal beer from my cooler next to the truck. We had clear starry nights and I slept 2 nights in back of the p/u on air mattress in a bag. It was incredible weather compared to SPH.
March 20th Wednesday / 121 miles, PSR to Darwin, 190 Rd to Cerro Gordo.
March 20th Wednesday / 121 miles, PSR to Darwin, 190 Rd to Cerro Gordo.
I hated the road ride. Never did get a good fix on White Talc Mtn Rd.
White Talc Mtn Rd (L) looking toward Saline Valley Rd access. (Eldo dust in the distance)
I thought I had it routed, but Garmin pushed me down the highway. I figured I could use the trail out back to return- so I took 190 to 136. I arrived in Keeler, next to Owen Lake.
It was sucked dry for drinking water by the LA basin years ago, it's been dry since. CG is right across the street up the hill about 8 miles to 8200 ft elevation. I took the washboard 4 mile road and climbed to Cerro Gordo.
Robert is one caretaker of several.
Mining Equipment & Assay lab
A former high school shop teacher, and jack of all trade, he gave an excellent tour. He started with the history and brought it to the present day issue of trying to make Cerro Gordo a self sustaining history site. Several big time promises have fallen through and the future is in doubt. This is not a ghost town with structure and ruin. There is still the 1800's presence of life, mining and building preservation.
The Annanberg foundation put a lot of money into restoring the chutehouse and tram.
The mine owner (Belshaw) house is preserved for you to step into the past. The bar card room (behind the house) still has a shotgun blast in the wall from days gone by. Must have been a friendly warning cuz it only looked like #8 shot to keep the new guy honest. Robert said there was lots of shooting back in the day. Gun control for the 1800's miner was not getting shot. After the tour I bought 2 T-shirts at $20 to help support the town. Mike gets one for team leader, and to remind him Death Valley can't be seen in one trip. Robert had cellphone service at the camp (AT&T).
View from the saddle and two road intersection.
He pointed me up the hill to a saddle where Verizon would get out. There are two roads clearly shown on the Nat Geo map. The road I should have taken was right, and gated. He had problems with trespassers and likely forgot when telling me to stay on the main road. I went left, and Montana didn't like it a bit. I think it was 10-15 miles of trail with elevation of up to 9500 ft. Wilderness markers were a good indicator, so was the road ending at the Burgess Mine. At that elevation the 4WD trail was longer 2nd and 3rd gear climbing on rocky drainage cut track. Hitting the deadend, I knew the left turn was wrong and elevation caused some fatigue. Snow blocked the road for go-round riding in one spot. Looking over the edge was a long way down, I back tracked to the saddle and returned on the road. If you go up there, ask about the gate before hitting the trail. No worries, the bike climbed and handled great. Basalt rock arrow heads were the most concern. I had to hit some, but the tires did great. The Cerro Gordo tour was a trip highlight, almost better than meeting Boris and Natasha.
March 21st, Thursday / 59 miles, Arrive at Texas Springs/ Furnace Creek. Out to Zabriski's Point, 20 mule team, Dante's View and back. Setup camp and see most of the tourist drive by sights close to the resort area. These are all local sights easy to tour.
Zabriski's is a great viewpoint looking into Death Valley. 20 mule team is a field of small yellow hills like a 'badlands area'. The road weaves between them for a scenic ride.
Dante's View overlooks Mt Whitney (14,494 ft) to Badwater (-267 ft). Highest and lowest points.
March 22nd, Friday / 140 miles, Echo Canyon to the 6' step, back track to Inouye Mine at the closed alternate route, Ride Daylight Pass to Chloride City area, back to 374 Titus Canyon and return to TS.
The Echo steps are one 6 foot wall when I stood next to it. The right side is a plumb vertical wall, the left side the same climbing angle as a 6 foot house ladder. Utube and the pocket camera flatten it out. Standing next to it, was a smooth vertical surface. Couldn't believe the picture I took. Now I'm not sure where the hell I was.
I backed out and checked the fork to the Inouye mine. Vertical shaft covered by the FS.
Three carsonite signs declared a route closed. So much for Echo Canyon.
Riding up 374, went right to Chloride City. Maps showed road in several directions. I checked several options for making to Beatty from 374. Not much looked good without a lot more exploration. I used the 'Backtrac' feature for practice and hit the highway again. GPS was showing a road running diagonal to the highway. It looked decommissioned, grown over for a while. I turned into Titus canyon, rode 10 miles or so before removing gloves for pictures the rest of the way.
Bicycles race to the bottom from the summit- legal or not.
Lots of painted hills
Nice sign
But it was too late by the time I got there. There are others, but they are located in remote areas safe from the inmates.
Classic Death Valley canyons, narrow path with high walls. Several miles of this at the bottom of Titus Canyon.
March 23rd, Saturday / 133 miles, 190 Rd south to on Westside Rd to Butte Valley Rd
Westside Rd is fire roading and salt flats to gravel sections. It's 39 miles before hitting the southern cross over into Panamint Valley.
Butte Valley Rd leads past the Warm Springs cabin. Most cabins are posted for hanta virus. Some desert rat bikers ignore them, others camp elsewhere.
Mice warning and history plaque side by side.
Geologist cabin with Striped Butte in the background.
One of the clean, well stocked cabins for emergency use. Volunteers keep it stocked and ready. When the FS ranger uses the cabin, he raises the US flag to show he's in quarters. There's a log on the desk visitors sign.
The white stripes are fossils when the Great Ocean basin extended east to Salt Lake in Utah. My Father IL says if you look around while riding the Northern NV border, you will still find fossils fairly visible. He's hunted that area for 50 or more of his 78 yrs. Still does.
The road continues into Mengal Pass and the Goler Wash past the Barker Ranch. I did not explore beyond Striped Butte. This would have been a perfect trip to prep for bike camping and explore the east side of the Panamint Range. Didn't expect to see everything in 10 days, but a circle route from Panamint Springs would been ideal. I ran into a mixed crew of 8 dirt bikes banking on fuel distance to make Furnace Creek. They went to the Geologist cabin and I turned around to motor on.
March 24th Sunday / 61 miles, Artist Drive, South on Westside Rd to Trail Canyon to the miner cabin.The last day. Took the 190 Rd south to Artist Drive for the 9.6 mile one way Loop Rd.
I took some photo time for the colors in the hills.
I returned to Westside Rd to explore Trail Canyon. Park Service allows camping if campers drive 2 miles off the main Rd. The trail is a jeep trail packed river rock in the 100 ft wide 'wash'. It's a 10.7 mile track to the shell of a mining cabin. Great for shade and a break. These are blind canyons with hiking trail over the pass to the east side of the Panamint Range. Most of the finger trails in the Panamint are limited to hiking cross-over trail. Ran into a young woman hiking. It was hot in the canyon, she appeared to be strong and had a day pack. I told her the cabin was about 10 minutes away and she continued on. Fairly remote to be on foot. I returned to camp to wrap it up and pull out in the morning.
Quick Wrap up - Didn't see anyone with bike camping (tent) on a bike. Lots of ADV beemers, Harley groups, Hikers, 4 wheelers. Like everywhere: guys had some stuff, a little stuff, or just a camelback. Watch your 6 on the roads, tourists take 2013 stress levels to DV and release it at high speed. Biggest correctable mistake I made- low energy intake. Riding and working in the GP, the wife looked at the kitchen and always said- not enough. Proved her right this trip.
The bike covered that up. Spot and Garmin were great, maps excellent. Roads were in good shape- this year.
Some ADV riders claim Death Valley "calls to me", or it "haunts my soul". The once Great Ocean Basin is incredible. If Darwin is right, Adam and Eve were a pair of carp.
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Very nice! I miss DV.
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Hi Don,
Thanks for the shirt. Great job on relaying all that info.
It sure looks like you explored a lot of DV on your trip.
Northern Nevada and SE Oregon 2011/Nevada and Oregon 2012
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Scouting is about Love and Learning and Living and Sharing. Aho and Aye says I! Capt. Rick in Killeen, Texas USA.
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WSC & WOSM Bodies Transparency Review. The Working Methods unit of the Governance and Support Workstream just finished a Skype meeting on the development of a plan of action regarding the bullet point on Transparency in the Triennial Plan. ترجمةاقرأ المزيد
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We stayed at this hotel for 5 nights in November. There's a good selection of pools with one heated pool near the hotel spa. The hotel is about 10 minutes walk from the beach. The hotel is set on a hillside so there's some up hill walking once you
get into the hotel but there's an elevator up to the entrance.
90% of the people staying there were middle aged Germans, so the hotel was very civilised. The same can be said for the Jandia area in general. There was none of the rowdiness you'd associate with other Canary Island locations.
The hotel food, which is a buffet, was generally good with a different selection for each meal every day. However it's easy to get bored with it after a few days.
Be careful with any poultry you get though as at one meal I picked up a piece of turkey that had a small piece that was still pink and undercooked.
This one was the one blot on an overall very enjoyable stay.
Very relaxing
The hotel is lovely, very clean with staff who are all very helpful and multilingual. The hotel is on a steep slope with the reception at the top and the beach at the bottom with the rooms divided into blocks. However the whole place is accessible
with slopes rather than steps and lifts. The hotel is pretty much on its own with just a few shops so there is no noisy strip of bars or clubs.
We went for a complete break and it was lovely - It is not the place to go if you want a very active break and after a week I think we were glad to get back to a bit more life but I think it makes a great quiet break - mostly for couples and families with small children.
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Went to bed last night before I had a chance to log this because my computer was acting up:
I finally decided that this tea is just too good not to drink. It's just my last packet so I think I was trying to make it "last" by not drinking it, but by not drinking it I didn't get to enjoy it.
I did notice that it is slightly sweeter if you have it with a dessert. I normally wouldn't have placed it as a tea I would have with dessert, but that slight extra sweetness made it extra yummy.
The only trouble with oolongs is that they last all day. I need to get another french press so I can brew two types of tea during the day.
I haven't been feeling that great today. So more plain tea with sugar! My ear hurts and I have a lump on the left side of my throat like my sinuses are swelled up in that spot. Why do I keep getting sick? I wasn't sick for my last two years in college unless you count my gallbladder removal surgery that fixed all my problems. Now it feels like I can't keep away from the doctor for two months. At least I like her. (And yes, I'm going tomorrow so all you Steepster mommies don't have to worry)
Good news: I finally got my driver's test scheduled and it is the day before my birthday. I need to practice parallel parking some more, but I am certain that if I just don't panic, I will pass it with flying colors.
I didn't even notice that this mate blend had green tea in it. If I knew that, I might have stopped the kettle just a little bit sooner. I didn't let it boil, but it was probably just as hot as I use for my oolongs.
I have been meaning to brew this up for weeks now, but I have kept putting it off. When steeped, this smells overpoweringly like lemon but it is mixed with some earth to temper the tart smell. It smelled wonderful. You could taste the mate in the mix when it was brewed, but I could barely taste the lemon and another note that I now know was the green tea. I normally don't like lemon in my tea, but I was sad that I didn't taste more of the lemon.
I think this would make a very nice iced tea if brewed hot and then chilled and added just enough sugar to make it sweet. Not cloying sweet though or else you might bury the faint lemon.
This makes me miss my mate that I used to have daily. I've just been too lazy to brew it lately. I need to bring my bag out and brew it more.
I had some of the best sushi tonight. My fiancee and a group of friends took me out for sushi to a fancier sushi and hibachi grill. I had a Pink Pearl which was really sweet and my fiancee had the Katana Sushi which was tempura sushi and really yummy as well. On top of that we also got an amazing broth soup that I ate all of (and I hate broth soup), a half a plate of fried rice, and fried veggies.
After all that, I just need something simple. Some black tea with a little bit of sugar to relax my belly. I really need to get myself a simple loose leaf black tea so I don't have to raid my mom's tea stash when I want something simple and not something I want to steep and re-steep a few times. I am realizing that this type of tea is a staple in anybody's tea cabinet.
Just a cup of sweet hot tea to get myself balanced back after helping to throw a party for my fiancee's best friend. It was his 21st and the only time he wanted to try drinking so we had fun. I know I won't be drinking much for a while. Nothing much except for my lovely teas.
I am working on drinking the tea bags that I took from my fiancee's house. This smells like toasted rice. It has a thick body and is nice and toasty. It is starting to make me wish I had toast for breakfast instead of cereal.
It is a little astringent, but not too much. Just enough that it makes me feel like my tongue is dry even though I just had a sip. Overall, pretty good.
The kitchen has been uncovered from the plastic it was encased in! Yay, I can use the stove and the kettle now!
I have always been curious about honeybush, so when I saw that my fiancee had this in his assortment, I snapped it up because he didn't really want to try it for himself.
It brewed up as dark as any black tea would have brewed up. Maybe even a little darker. It looks almost like coffee in my cup right now. It smells a little twiggy, but not earthy. Just twiggy.
The bag said to brew it for 5-6 minutes, so I hit five and decided that was long enough. Hmmm. I'm not quite sure what to say for this one. It tastes very smooth and non-twiggy which was a nice surprise. The few times I had roobios it tasted very twiggy and woody. Since honeybush is supposed to be similar to roobios, I expected it to taste similar to it.
My first taste on the tip of my tongue hit a bubblegum note, but I think that must have been a fluke. I taste no hint of bubblegum the more I sip on it. I think I am getting a faint sweetness on the back of my tongue, but I'm not positive.
It doesn't taste like tea, but it tastes good. The packet said it was good with milk and I am wondering if I should pour a little in just to try it that way since I'm not getting that much flavor out of it. Just smooth and slight sweetness. I'm taking a few bigger gulps and I am getting a sweet aftertaste now.
Hmm…I think I like it how it is, but I want to add a splash of milk since I do want to try it both ways and I only have one tea bag. The milk adds the creamy mouthfeel and while the sweet doesn't pop out, it does make it feel like a dessert tea. I feel like I just indulged on something more along the line of a bit of caramel or some toffy. I know I didn't, but it feels like I did. The aftertaste I get now screams caramel.
This makes me want to try some flavored honeybush teas because if a bit of tea can turn the base into caramel, imagine what a little bit of added flavor could do.
If I ran across this in the store, I would get a box so I could double brew it and try it iced!
A nice cup of earl grey to chase away the desire for hot cocoa. My last cup of tea I had at my fiancee's house. It might be my last cup of tea for a little bit because mom and dad are re-modeling the kitchen. I might be able to sneak in some green tea or white tea later tonight if I can get to the hot water kettle safely.
My fiancee made this and let me take a few sips of it because I wanted to try it. It confused me because it smelled like a normal pu-erh (dusty and full of damp earth) but when I tried it I tasted flowers. It was light and smooth and floral. It felt like it was a contradiction to my senses. I think I like the chocolate pu-erh better.


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By Matthew Chapman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Friday, 27 July 2012 11:02AM
The South Korean tech firm ramped up marketing spend 43% year-on-year with expenditure increasing from 2.29 trillion won (£1.22bn) to 3.13 trillion won (£1.75bn).
The increased marketing spend, which has included a high profile ad campaign featuring its Olympics ambassador David Beckham, helped sales for the three months ending 30 June hit £26.6bn, a 21% year-on-year rise.
Samsung has reported that smartphone shipments increased quarter-on-quarter due to the "successful" launch of its Galaxy SIII smartphone and Galaxy Note tablet.
However, the company was hit by a slowdown in demand for its televisions in developed markets.
The company expects to maintain momentum by releasing new smartphone products with "diverse price ranges" in the third quarter, but expects tablet competition to continue with new product launches.
Google entered the tablet market this month in the UK with its Nexus 7 tablet, while Microsoft is gearing up for the launch of its Surface tablet.
Samsung's results come in the same week that Apple released its results, which disappointed analysts despite the company seeing net income increase 21% to $8.8bn.Follow @mattchapmanuk
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Political killing stokes tensions in Pakistan city
KARACHI, Pakistan The ruling party in Pakistan's largest city accused its main political rival of supporting Islamist militants suspected of assassinating a party leader, further stoking tensions after 45 people died in a night of revenge attacks and arson.
The accusation appeared to reflect the complex and vicious political and ethnic fault lines that crisscross Karachi, also Pakistan's commercial hub and the main port for supplies for U.S. and NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan.
It has long been plagued by political violence between supporters of rival parties that draw votes from different ethnic groups in the city of 16 million people. Their supporters are accused of running protection rackets and illegally seizing land, muddying the reasons for the bloodshed.
The killing Monday of politician Raza Haider was the most high profile in a series of slayings of party activists over the last month. The revenge attacks that followed his death continued to Tuesday.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik was quoted by media as saying Islamist militants were likely suspects, saying Haider was on an extremist hit list.
Haider was a senior member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the party that runs Karachi and represents mainly descendants of Urdu-speaking migrants from India who settled in Pakistan when it was created in 1947. The MQM's main rival is the Awami National Party, a nationalist party made up mostly of ethnic Pashtuns from the northwest, where the Taliban are based.
Pashtuns have been arriving in the city in greater numbers in recent years, fleeing Pakistan army offensives against the Taliban. The MQM has long spoken out against the alleged "Talibanization" of the city. While some militants have found safe haven here, critics say the MQM is exploiting the issue for political purposes.
"If you see the record of militant arrests in past years you would see almost all of them were in the Pashtun-dominated areas," Faisal Sabzwari, an MQM leader, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "And for sure the ANP gives them support." The charge was repeated in a televised news conference by other MQM leaders.
A leading ANP politician dismissed the allegation, noting the party has been repeatedly attacked by the Taliban in the northwest, where it supports the army offensives against them. "We share their (the MQM's) pain," said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, whose son was killed by insurgents last week.
Police promised to investigate the slaying, but few killers in such cases have ever been brought to justice, nor the motives for the attacks revealed.
Within hours of Haider's assassination, rival gangs torched buildings in Karachi and gunfire erupted in several parts of the city. Many of the dead were killed in targeted, execution-style attacks, authorities said, without revealing details on who they were.
Schools were closed and most business stopped Tuesday as the city braced for further violence, but by nightfall there were no reports of fresh unrest.
The linking of the ANP - and by extension the city's Pashtun population - to the killing of Haider risks opening fresh fissures. Authorities are normally very cautious in what they say to the media follow political slayings out of fear of triggered revenge killings.


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This is one of the two best Star Trek movies ever made (the other being
"Wrath of Khan"). Everything about this film is superb.... acting, set
design, special effects, plot, and action. The story progresses at a
breathtaking pace, and from the first 10 minutes when the Enterprise is
locked in a life-and-death struggle with one of the best villains in all of
sci-fi history (the Borg), to a perfect ending; there isn't a wasted or
redundant moment. This is a film that both trekkers and non-trekkers can
enjoy because the film explains enough about the back-story to get non-fans
up to speed, and does it in a way that will keep the fans interest (check
out the excellent opening sequence that introduces Picard's first encounter
with the Borg and explains much of his implacable and obsessive attitude
towards them throughout the film).
In addition to fine performances from the crew (highlighted as always by Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard), the supporting cast is more than equal to the task. Its too bad that the crew didn't bring Alfre Woodward back home with them........ she's one of the very few actors/actresses in Star Trek history who have been able to match Patrick Stewart's personality, acting skills, and histrionics. Also, I thought I detected a touch of romance between the two that could have been further developed at another time.
James Cromwell makes a perfect Zefrem Cochrane. It was a humorous touch to portray him as somewhat of an anti-hero, in contrast to the god-like reverence with which the characters in the film viewed him from a distance of 300 years.
The protagonists in the film, the Borg, have never looked more dangerous. I'm glad that this film returned them to their "roots", unlike their last few appearances in the television series in which they were becoming a little too domesticated.
This is a film to savor for any science fiction fan. 9.5/10.0 !
Probably my favourite film of all time. The thing about First Contact
is that it's not just about Star Trek. If you don't like Star Trek but
can live through the first 20 minutes you'll find a gem of a movie
which is as much about the future of humanity & an invention so
wonderful as it is about Yet More Star Trek Plot.
Warp Speed - they've been saying that since Captain Kirk. But how did it happen? and why might it all not happen, our future could be in ruins and one flight of one makeshift spacecraft some time after world war III will make all the difference.
The on-screen relationship between Picard & Lily is totally magic, as is the relationship between the Enterprise crew members - you get a sense of team, of family.
First Contact is one film I enjoy watching again & again. The flight of the Phoenix is one scene I totally love, along with the end scenes.
The only sad thing about the movie is that you come away and deep down you know there is no Cochrain, no FTL engine around the corner. Well, not yet!
"I envy you, the world you're going to" "I envy you, taking these first steps"
Star Trek: First Contact represents, at least to me, the pinnacle of the
Star Trek movie franchise. This film was, in my opinion, -by far- the
of the "next generation" outings, and perhaps the finest from the entire
collection of silver-screen Treks.
The Borg, a futuristic race of half-man, half-machine cyborgs from the other side of the galaxy, try once again to conquer the Federation, by attacking it at it's very core, our beloved Earth. This time, however, the Borg have a "plan B" up their sleeve. After the destruction of their main vessel, they send a small group of Borg back in time to 2063, a time when Earth is vulnerable after suffering massive casualties due to World War III. Once there they intend to prevent "first contact", an event that dramatically changes the course of human history, when friendly aliens discover humankind has learned how to travel faster-than-light, and make contact with the inventor of the warp drive, Dr Zefram Cochrane.
Of course the Enterprise crew must once again save humanity from certain destruction, by "following them back and repairing whatever damage they've done". When they reach the 21st century, however, the Borg find resistance is not so futile, and begin to take over the crippled Enterprise, deck by deck. Directing every move is the evil Borg Queen, played excellently by Alice Krige.
Patrick Stewart is, as always, fantastic as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Stewart's background in the dramatic arts shines as he convincingly portrays a somewhat troubled and vengeful Picard, determined to destroy the insidious Borg once and for all.
The direction of Jonathan Frakes is flawless considering this film was his first attempt at directing on the big screen. In a few scenes I get the feeling that Frakes was committed to squeezing the absolute best out of Stewart, and this he did, apparently with ease (earning him the nickname "Two-Takes Frakes" from production members).
This film has it all. A well-conceived, intricate and dramatic plot, excellent acting, fantastic special effects, and real emotion on-screen. Picard's chilling "the line must be drawn here" monologue to Lily represents a scene with such dramatic quality that is rarely seen in science-fiction films. You can completely suspend disbelief and feel the anger, the pain, the sheer hunger for revenge in this broken man. You are there with him, the future of humanity is on the line, and not for a second will you think otherwise.
Whether you are a "Trekkie" or not, this is a film you will enjoy, and while there are references to previous Trek happenings in the film (such as when Picard was captured and assimilated by the Borg several years earlier), non-Trekkie's should definitely be able to follow what's going on.
All-in-all this is one of my favourite films of all time, and one that I can watch over and over and never get tired of. If you haven't seen it, why not grab a copy and check it out? I give it a well-deserved 9 out of 10.
Star Trek's successor to Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman, never allowed
the poor reviews for STAR TREK: GENERATIONS to upset him; he had been
given an 'obligation' to provide a transition film between the original
cast's series, and his own 'Next Generation' films, and 'killing' James
Kirk freed him to focus on the film he REALLY wanted to make, STAR
TREK: FIRST CONTACT. And he created a classic, a film that for many
fans has become the 'definitive' STAR TREK movie.
From the opening scenes, which re-introduce the 'Next Generation's' greatest villains, the Borg, finally achieving their long-time goal of attacking Earth, and literally tearing Starfleet to shreds, as Picard and the Enterprise are ordered to stand down (Picard had been 'assimilated' once by the cyborgs, and the success of his 'deprogramming' was in question), there was an intensity that 'Trek' films hadn't shown since THE WRATH OF KHAN. When Picard decides to disobey orders and go 'in Harm's Way', you nearly want to cheer! Turning the battle around, the Enterprise sees victory at hand...until they discover that the 'core' of the Borg mother ship has plunged into Earth's atmosphere, and gone back in time. As the crew glimpses a 'changed' Earth, with humanity totally assimilated by the Borg, they plunge after the mother ship, to prevent history from being rewritten.
Quite an opening scene!
The film breaks into two stories, each entertaining. In an era two hundred years earlier, with Earth reeling from internal wars that have devastated much of the planet, Picard realizes that the Borg is attempting to prevent warp drive creator Dr. Zefram Cochrane from ever completing his prototype spaceship, thus denying the galaxy to the human race, and leaving them defenseless against the Borg. As First Officer Riker and most of the series' regulars protect the feisty engineer (first introduced in the original 'Trek' TV series by hunky Glenn Corbett; in FIRST CONTACT, the role is played by James Cromwell, hawk-nosed, antisocial, and hooked on ancient Rock n' Roll music), Data and Picard must deal with the growing Borg infiltration and assimilation of the Enterprise, and the imperious Borg Queen (lovely Alice Krige), who seduces Data with a chance to become 'human'.
Jonathan Frakes proves an excellent director, balancing the action, comic, and dramatic elements with sensitivity and skill. While most of the series' regulars have little to do (a problem that would never be resolved in the 'Next Generation' films), Frakes still manages to give each a bit of on-screen time to at least remind fans that they are present, and he even manages to provide a brief but funny cameo by semi-regular fan favorite Dwight Schultz, as the terminally shy Lt. Reggie Barclay.
FIRST CONTACT has so many memorable moments that it is nearly impossible to pick a single favorite one out. Cochrane's use of Steppenwolf's 'Magic Carpet Ride' as launch music for his guided missile/spaceship...Alfre Woodard's Lily Sloane, hiding in terror from the Borg, but still able to lecture Picard on doing the 'right thing'...'Star Trek: Voyager' regular Robert Picardo in a cameo as his medical hologram character, at a key moment...Data delivering the famous Borg 'tag line'...the Vulcan science party (led, although unmentioned, by Sarek, Spock's father), bemused at meeting the 'new kids on the block' for the first time...this movie has it all!
There is only one major continuity error; the Borg, as cyborgs, depend on their human 'host' bodies to survive (a key factor in the film's climax), yet in one whole sequence they operate in the vacuum of space WITHOUT spacesuits! I cringe each time I see the scene, but I STILL love the movie!
One other key element of the film cannot be praised enough; Jerry Goldsmith's score is one of his finest, combining the best elements of the STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE theme with a sweeping inspirational hymn for Cochrane, and eerie, discordant music for the Borg. The score is so profoundly moving that it could stand alone, as a symphonic work.
Sadly, Berman and company never achieved the same heights with either of the subsequent 'Trek' films, but at least we have FIRST CONTACT, to show that a 'Next Generation' feature could be done 'right'.
Star Trek:First Contact is the best Star Trek film in my opinion. Far better
than the average Star Trek:Generations or any of the films featuring the
original crew.
I won't go into the plot too much because I hate spoiling it for fans and it is easy sometimes to give away too much. Let's just say that the cast of The Next Generation take on the inhuman Borg, one of the best race of Star Trek villains ever.
There are no slow spots in this film. It is one big long action fest and every character is utilized. There are some terrific scenes and there is quite a bit of tension between the crew, particularly Worf and Picard. Picard has some harsh words for Worf at one point in the film and it really does look as though Worf will hit Picard. You could cut the tension in this film with a knife.
I'd also like to mention the great job done by the beautiful Alice Krige as the Borg Queen. Again, there is not a wasted moment in this film and Krige does a brilliant job as the Borg Queen.
I strongly recommend Star Trek:First Contact-it is the type of film which you finish watching and feel as though you have spent your money well.
Star Trek VIII: First Contact - Stardate: 50893.5
Finally, after the dismal Generations outing, they got it right with this one! First Contact indeed is on par with the very best of the Star Trek films - The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered Country. Unfortunately, they won't get it right again to the present day (with the above average but still not as good Insurrection and awful Nemesis). The script is very solid, the acting above par (with kudos going to Alice Krige as the seductive Borg Queen and Alfre Woodard as the trusting Lily Sloane), and the score by Jerry Goldsmith again another hit. All of that combined with visual effects that service the story and not is the story makes this outing a spectacular success - a solid 9 out of 10!
Many of the Star Trek Films have relied heavily on character interaction,
dialogue, and suggested events to tell the story. Star Trek: First Contact
breaks from this tradition by producing a sharp, fast paced action film that
never relents from beginning to end. There are moments of reflection for
the characters, but the movie has an inertia that makes the other entries in
the franchise seem as if they plod along at five miles an hour. The result
is one of the most satisfying films in the series.
Part of the appeal of Star Trek: First Contact, is that the central enemy is the Borg Collective, which has surpassed all other villainous races in the Star Trek universe in popularity. The central villain in this chapter is the Borg Queen, played by the chilly yet seductive Alice Krige. Krige is confident, convincing, and absolutely threatening in her performance, and seems to almost border on a character from a horror film. She lends an edge that is unique from other villains in the series, and is perfectly suited to the nature of the Borg. The design for both the Queen and the rest of the Borg is unsettling, and the story line and history of this race serves to illicit an emotional continuity between the events in the television show and the films.
Star Trek: First Contact probably has the widest appeal of all of the episodes, in much the same way as Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home did in 1986. It is action packed, filled with decent visual effects, clearly plotted, and supplies a threatening villain. This is definitely the best Next Generation film to date, and one of the strongest movies in the entire series.
When the Borg launch an attack on Earth, the Enterprise is sent to the
neutral zone due to the Admiralty's mistrust of Picard's abilities as he
been assimilated in the past. The Enterprise however, disobeys and
to help destroy the Borg ship. However a smaller ship escapes and travels
back in time, causing the assimilation of Earth in the future. The
Enterprise follow the ship back in time and have to undo the damage the
did on the surface to an experimental warp drive unit that will led Earth
it's first contact with alien life. Meanwhile, on the Enterprise,
of the Borg ship begin to assimilate decks within the ship
The trend of the `even good, odd bad' continues in Star Trek with this good entry in the series. Linking to previous story lines, the film starts immediately and continues at a good pace. Where the previous time travel excursion for the crew was more funny than anything else, this film goes down a more dramatic route with the main plot not turning out to be on the ground (as I first thought it would be) but on the ship where the crew struggle to contain the Borg's advances. This aspect works well - it is not edge of the seat stuff, but it is dramatic and involving.
In contrast the stuff on the surface is more a side issue that is used well to contrast with the pace on the Enterprise itself. There aren't many laughs but it does have a nice little bit of self mocking humour that raises it's head occasionally. The cast (crew?) all do good work, but it is Stewart's film and his Borg past help to enrich his character well. Frakes does an able enough job as director but as an actor he has little to do, as indeed do most of those on the Earth aside from a cameo from Cromwell who adds humour. Woodard is OK in her role but not as good as I've seen her be in other things.
Overall this is a solid Star Trek film, which although not excelling in any one area, has a strong backbone of drama and action aboard the ship that works well with the lighter stuff on the earth.
The next generation crew of the Enterprise star in their best movie.
Picard and his crew hitch a ride back in time to save the Galaxy from
being infested with Borg, by saving the drunkard who invented Warp
Drive from being killed by the Borg. This Star Trek movie is nuanced
enough for the 'trekkies' to get into, while still being very
accessible to the rest of the cinema going public. Johnathon Frakes,
for all of his smarmy, cocky demeanor, still I have to admit that he
hits a home-run in this initial outing (now his "Insurection" is a
whole nother story, one for a different day) This film is
action-packed, features good performances, and is just plain fun. All
those aforementioned traits easily puts it among the top echelon of
Trek films.
My Grade: B+
DVD Extras: Disc 1) Commentary with director/actor Jonathan Frakes; Second commentary with writers Brannon Braga and Ronald Moore; Text Commentary with Michael and Denise Okuda Disc 2) 12 featurettes (Making 'First Contact', The Art Of 'First Contact', "The Story, The Missile Silo, The Deflector Dish,From 'A' to 'E', Jerry Goldsmith: A Tribute, The Legacy Of Zefram Cochrane, 'First Contact': The Possibilities, Unimatrix One, The Queen, and Design Matrix); 3 Scene Deconstruction;Storyboards, Photo Gallery; Teaser & Theatrical Trailers; and Trailer for the Borg Invasion Hilton show in Vegas
3 Easter Eggs: In the Main Menu, click on the sun for a list of all the alternative titles considered; In the Star Trek Universe menu highlight a circle for an interview with Ethan Philips; In The Borg Collective menu highlight a circle for an interview with Alex Jaeger
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT is the 8th movie in a series that has so far
produced 11 movies.
This is my second favourite of the Star Trek movies, second only to STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN. Like STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN, this movie can also be enjoyed by both those familiar to the Star Trek franchise and those new to it. Reading through the comments, I have noted comments from people who enjoyed it as a sci-fi action movie in its own right.
I will sum up the plot with those unfamiliar with Star Trek in mind - an alien race known as the Borg apathetic to individuality go back more than 300 years in time to attack Earth, colonise it and absorb its inhabitants into its collective. Captain Picard of the USS Enterprise follows the Borg back to Earth to stop their plans.
This very simple plot line brings an energetic story filled with virtually non-stop shoot-em-up action. Unlike most action movies, however, the antagonist is far more menacing. The Borg have no concept of individuality. It cannot be reasoned with. Killing one Borg barely has the impact of, say, removing one blood cell from a human body. The Borg in this movie are far more menacing than they were in the TV series.
For those familiar with the Star Trek franchise, I can confirm that all the familiar faces from the crew in the THE NEXT GENERATION series all appear here - Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Worf, Dr Crusher and Troi.
The movie represents a massive transformation from its predecessor, STAR TREK: GENERATIONS. For the first time we witness many members of the TNG crew behave or tempted to behave out-of-character due to the scale of the situation they find themselves in. Without giving away spoilers, I can state that characters in this movie face the prospect of having to turn against one another.
The acting across the board is top-notch. The actors' performances are so captivating that they genuinely invite the audience to share the feelings of their characters.
Patrick Stewart deserves special mention because he faces the greatest acting challenge - reprising his role as a character he played for 7 years in the TV series and a prior movie - now having to play the said character, Captain Picard, in a very different manner. The Captain Picard of this movie is not the calm diplomat from the TV series, he is someone with anger-fuelled determination to get revenge on the Borg, who once altered his biology so that he became part of their collective for a short time. His performance has to be seen to be believed and is enough to silence critics who claim he is unable to play a hero.
Alice Krige gives what is perhaps the best performance of her career as the Borg Queen. Her performance provides a perfect distraction from the major plothole - the existence of a head of the Borg collective. The Borg collective communicates as one voice with each drone being the same. So it could not feasibly have a single leader. When you see Alice Krige in action, however, you will find it easy to suspend your disbelief.
James Cromwell has fun playing Zephram Cochrane, the inventor of the warp drive referenced all through the franchise. For those unfamiliar with Star Trek, the warp drive is a component able to make starship engines travel at hyper speeds. I found the Zephram Cochrane in this movie much more exciting to watch than the bland version played by Glenn Corbett in an episode of the original series.
The real drawback with regards to the acting is Alfre Woodard. She was not a convincing lover or protégé for Picard and I couldn't help but wonder if she was drafted in as a replacement for Whoopi Goldberg. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, Whoopi Goldberg played a character named Guinan in the TNG series. She acted as a protégé ready to give wise words of advice to many crew members on the ship, including Picard.
Jonathan Frakes shows that he is just as good behind the camera as he is in front of it. His direction brings a great science-fiction story to life that is genuinely thought-provoking, emotionally moving and highly entertaining. In my opinion, he should have been nominated for an Oscar for Best Direction for his work on this movie.
The new starship Enterprise-E seems very dark and claustrophobic compared to the seemingly vast, bright and colourful Enterprise-D from the TV series and the previous movie. However, the Enterprise-E provides a perfect backdrop for the action to take place since its feel fits the tone of the movie perfectly. A wise decision was made to keep the bulk of the action on the ship rather than on Earth. Having said that, the events depicted on Earth help to offset the tension and allowing the audience to take a quick breath before being thrust back in again. The mix of light and dark works like a charm.
To summarise, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT is a first-rate entry into the Star Trek series of movies that can be enjoyed by Star Trek fans and newcomers to Star Trek alike. I highly recommend this for anyone who enjoys sci-fi action movies.
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|Aug 27 2007, 2:29pm Anchor
he also has original weapons and clothes from the movies
|Aug 27 2007, 2:29pm Anchor
mini protonkid indeed
|Aug 28 2007, 1:30am Anchor
and also time travel is being invented so its possible that something like that could happen
|Aug 28 2007, 2:10pm Anchor
yah so when im 45 i can go to my menards and ask for a flux capacitor for mini-van? sure i've seen the vids thaey cant really time travel they can contact the future
|Aug 28 2007, 2:23pm Anchor
I can read you know
|Aug 28 2007, 2:33pm Anchor
ha-ha your sad
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I'm not sad, I'm PISSED.
|Aug 28 2007, 2:55pm Anchor
oh one nickname
|Aug 28 2007, 3:03pm Anchor
You know, I thought Damian will get me in hell, but you?!
|Aug 28 2007, 3:03pm Anchor
i ll see you there in 60 yrs
|Aug 28 2007, 3:22pm Anchor
Isn't that pretty little?
|Aug 28 2007, 3:24pm Anchor
how old are u?
|Aug 28 2007, 4:44pm Anchor
ronny theres a whole thread on time travel being developed already
and it does talk about traveling to the past
the thread was started by protonkid (surprise surprise)
|Aug 28 2007, 4:45pm Anchor
i read it ok i meant by traviling to the future and traveling to the past is impossible only to the future and when u turned on the time machine(i maybe 12 but im sure as hell aint stupid)
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There's no question Seattle's defense was the star of Super Bowl XLVIII, but if you want to single out someone who made a huge difference, it was wide receiver Percy Harvin. Playing in just his third game of the season due to hip and concussion issues, the former Minnesota Vikings first-round pick was a dynamo, earning a good chunk of the $67 million contract the Seahawks paid him in March. "It's just a big horse off my back," Harvin said. "I was finally able to give my team something for four quarters. That meant a lot to me." Harvin caught only one pass for 5 yards, but he set the tone early with a 30-yard run off a jet sweep and then all but finished Denver with an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Harvin, who had 105 total yards in regular-season and postseason action combined, totaled 137 in this one. The kickoff return came at the start of the second half and pushed Seattle's lead to 29-0. "It was amazing," Harvin said. "Those guys had so much belief in me. Even when I wasn't practicing (last week), those guys were saying, 'You're going to score on this,' and I'm like, 'I'm not even on the field practicing yet.' Coach (Pete Carroll) saved that one return for me."
Where was the big-play offense the Broncos had displayed all season long? In throwing for an NFL-record 55 touchdowns during the regular season, quarterback Peyton Manning had averaged 8.3 yards per attempt, which ranked fourth in the NFL among qualified passers. On Sunday, Manning threw for 280 yards, but it took him 49 attempts to do it, leading to an average of 5.7 yards. Receiver Demaryius Thomas averaged 9.1 yards on 13 catches, receiver Wes Welker averaged 10.5, tight end Julius Thomas averaged 6.8, and receiver Eric Decker averaged 6.0. "It was a combination of coverage and pressure, as it always is in pass defense," Broncos coach John Fox said. "There is a reason why they were the No. 1 team in defense during the season. Give them credit. They had a lot to do with it." The longest pass Manning completed all night was 23 yards, and that resulted in a turnover when Thomas was stripped of the ball at the end of the run. The Seahawks kept the Broncos receivers in front of them all night, and Manning never figured a way to get the ball behind them.
Had the Seahawks held the Broncos without a touchdown, would people be talking about them as the greatest defense ever? Well, people will be talking about them in that manner, but a shutout would have been the first in Super Bowl history and would have cemented their place in history. "I definitely feel like we are up there when you do that against a legend, a guy who's definitely going to the Hall of Fame," linebacker Bobby Wagner said of the Seahawks being in the same class as the 1985 Chicago Bears and 2000 Baltimore Ravens. "I mean, we've got to do a lot more still. But we're so young." Defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, who, along with Carroll, formulated a plan that played to the Seahawks' strength rather than trying to defend Denver's, said he told his group they were special. But he wouldn't say if the Seahawks were the best ever. "I'll let you guys decide that," Quinn said. "I couldn't be more fired up to be part of our unit and the attitude and the way we play."
■ Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman left the game late with an ankle injury and when he came to the podium for postgame interviews, he was using crutches.
■ Running back Marshawn Lynch was interviewed after the game and was asked if this was the best day of his life: "Next to being born."
■ The Broncos went for it on fourth down three times and failed to get a first down each time.
■ Former Wisconsin safety Chris Maragos almost caused a fifth Broncos turnover in the game when he stripped Trindon Holiday of the ball on a kickoff return, but Holiday was ruled down after the play was challenged through instant replay.
■ Despite the Broncos being down by 35 with just under 12 minutes left, Manning played the entire game, leaving backup Brock Osweiler without even one Super Bowl snap.
59:48 Time the Seahawks were in the lead, the most of any team in Super Bowl history.
13 Receptions for the Broncos' Demaryius Thomas, the most ever in a Super Bowl.
1 Reception for Eric Decker, the Broncos' second-leading receiver coming in.
49.6 Difference in passer ratings between Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (123.1) and Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (73.5).
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