I hope see the Hupe brothers a day here in Italy, is full of moraine and fields where is possible find some meteorites.....not Pultusk. Regards
Matteo --- Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Bill, > > What is your problem? This expedition was for fun > not for rude comments. I > notice you have been commenting on several List > Members posts lately. Maybe > you should give us some field reports so we can > comment on them. Plenty of > Chapstick was on hand as where five other members > who will not appreciate > your comments. Try spending 9 hours a day in 45 > plus mile an hour winds in > the 40s and we will see how excited you are about > making a cold find. I was > not whining, just commenting on how really difficult > it is to find > meteorites on these lake beds for those who search > them on a consistent > basis. My hat is off to all of those who have found > meteorites on these dry > lakes. The hours spent certainly do not make it a > profitable proposition > but the treasure hunting aspect certainly is > exciting. > > As far as this being a new find, there is no doubt > because we checked it out > with two institutions in the know. No meteorite has > ever been reported from > this locality and when we announce where they were > found you will understand > why. It is too bad we are not allowed to savor the > moment without rude > comments. > > All the best, > > Adam Hupe > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:36 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions > > > > Dear Adam, > > > > I spent quite a few years in the deserts of swa. I > hunted for scrap iron > in > > the beginning. I expanded into whatever I could > find. Antique bottles and > > such. The best site i ever found was an old auto > parts dump. Piles of old > > brass horns from model-K fords. I drove down > mountains in 110 degree heat > in > > old trucks loaded with junk that weighed 5 times > more than the truck, with > no > > brakes. Ever spend 16 hours a day dismantling a > combine in the desert and > > trying to figure out how to load it into a 54 > chevy pickup? Rattlesnakes > and > > scorpions jumping out of every dry log while i > chopped through that hard > pan > > soil to make a buck. Desert winds sandblasting my > rear and more important > my > > truck! Go buy some chapstick. Cold winds > howling...give me a break! > > > > Bill Kieskowski > > > > > Dear Mark and List Members, > > > > > > You are not kidding when you say most of the dry > lake beds have black > and > > > red volcanic rocks everywhere. We literally had > to search through tens > of > > > thousands of these black rocks to find the > unreported strewn field. > These > > > dry lake expeditions are not for the > faint-of-heart. To be somewhat > > > successful you have to hike at least 10 miles a > day zig-zagging from > black > > > rock to rock. Separating meteorites from the > lava stones can cause eye > > > strain and the cold wind howling through these > areas can cause wind > burn. > > > We searched seven dry lake beds, drove over 800 > miles and must have > hiked at > > > least a hundred miles to find three stones so an > extreme level of > patience > > > is required. In other words, these dry lake > finds do not come easy. > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > Adam Hupe > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ===== M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
