Field Preparations

For IMEEMS, field preparations always begin with servicing the recording equipment at S.B., because the field telemetry equipment cannot be serviced reliably if signals cannot be recorded. This work was done by Ray Dibble, with assistance from Howard Nicholson, and so Kevin MacKay prepared the food boxes and checked the field equipment, with help and guidance from John Skilton.

Kevin attended the full survival course, but Ray rode Grizzly G2 out to join the course for the snow/ice craft practise, and to run-in, test, and familiarise the grizzly. It performed OK, but a few days later, the gearbox was out of oil, and after refilling, a fast run to the ski field and back into the garage was made to find the leak and prove the maximum power. Unfortunately, this test was both misunderstood and unsuccessful.