Date and time: 2 May 2012, 1900 hrs
Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSPS

EVA time: from 1630 hrs to 1830 hrs

Crew Members:

Haritina Mogosanu, Ali Harley

Site Location:

Brahe Highway 12s utm 0517078  4254556, elev. 1363 

Transit Mode: 

ATV

Objectives: 

It was too late in the day to go to Coal Mine Wash so we decided to scout the so far unexplored Brahe Highway.

Results: 

This has got to be the set of countless cowboy movies!  A totally different landscape again - not red this time, but yellow. There was a patch of quartz out of a seam, and some bits of petrified wood which is tree-coloured. There were a few hairy moments on the ATV's due to following the wrong tracks.   

Lessons Learned:

Following ATV tracks doesn't mean you are following an established road - we took a wrong turn and came to a dead end. We about-turned and came back to the Hab the way we had come (Lowell Highway).  Note for all ATV riders: by cross-country'ing on the ATV's, you not only chew up the beautiful landscape, but you also confuse riders trying to stay on the established road.

ENDS.