approaching RED STAR

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id299.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="crossing Cajon Pass"><U>crossing Cajon Pass</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id306.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hesperia"><U>Hesperia</U></A>   |   <B>approaching RED STAR</B>   |   <A HREF="id308.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rabbit"><U>Rabbit</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id309.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RED STAR"><U>RED  STAR</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rabbit to Big Bear"><U>Rabbit  to  Big  Bear</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NE from RED STAR"><U>NE  from  RED  STAR</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id312.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SE from RED STAR"><U>SE from RED STAR</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id313.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="passing Big Bear"><U>passing  Big  Bear</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ski area"><U>ski  area</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id320.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="San Gorgonio"><U>San Gorgonio</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id315.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Banning Pass"><U>Banning  Pass</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id321.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="from above San Jacinto"><U>from above San Jacinto</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Morongo"><U>Big Morongo</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id316.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="back across Big Bear"><U>back  across  Big  Bear</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="the long glide home"><U>the  long  glide  home</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="follow the aquaduct"><U>follow  the  aquaduct</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id303.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Black Butte"><U>Black  Butte</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id319.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brian Ranch"><U>Brian Ranch</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="id301.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual XC: San Jacinto return"><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id306.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hesperia"><U><B>PREVIOUS  IMAGE</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id308.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rabbit"><U><B>NEXT  IMAGE</B></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Hesperia</B></FONT><B> is behind us now, & we're down to around 8000'.  The hills below our nose are low, but rising, and we may or </B><B><U>may not</U></B><B> find lift before reaching the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>RED STAR</B></FONT><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>Worst case, we could give up and glide toward the little airfield at </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#663333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Rabbit</B></FONT><B> Dry Lake, with good chance of a low save over the ridge there, to the left of this picture.</B></div> <div> <B>But if our altitude is sufficient we continue on to the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>RED STAR</B></FONT><B> and climb up the other side of that ridge.  </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>approaching RED STAR</B></div> <div> scroll down for complete image</div> <div> <IMG SRC="9893d400.png" border=0 width="573" height="576" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>