Comments on: Mixing Passions for Fun and Pleasure http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon Mountain Biking Northern California Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ogre http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-134 Ogre Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:17:06 +0000 http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-134 mtb_g33k - Nice analogy. It was certainly an interesting lesson in flying. mtb_g33k – Nice analogy. It was certainly an interesting lesson in flying.

]]> By: mtb_g33k http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-101 mtb_g33k Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:16:13 +0000 http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-101 Running out of gas in a car: Tow = $200 Full Tank of Gas = $40 Running out of gas in a plane...Priceless Glad to hear you guys had fun! Wish I could have been there. Running out of gas in a car:

Tow = $200
Full Tank of Gas = $40

Running out of gas in a plane…Priceless

Glad to hear you guys had fun! Wish I could have been there.

]]> By: Ogre http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-99 Ogre Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:32:05 +0000 http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-99 Thanks Joe, after some of my goof ups I was surprised that you two weren't about to lynch me. I try to be conservative when I fly but sometimes events conspire against you. I've noticed that bad things generally don't happen as single poor decisions but as a chain of events which pile one on top of the other. 1) I didn't check the weather when I had the chance 2) Our chosen destination was socked in 3) Rather than calculate more accurately what our fuel burn was I relied on the fuel gauge 4) Fuel Gauge was faulty. In this case we managed to break the chain by stopping for fuel in Weed rather than pressing on. Fortunately for us it didn't happen 10 minutes later when there was no airports under us. Thanks Joe, after some of my goof ups I was surprised that you two weren’t about to lynch me. I try to be conservative when I fly but sometimes events conspire against you. I’ve noticed that bad things generally don’t happen as single poor decisions but as a chain of events which pile one on top of the other.

1) I didn’t check the weather when I had the chance
2) Our chosen destination was socked in
3) Rather than calculate more accurately what our fuel burn was I relied on the fuel gauge
4) Fuel Gauge was faulty.

In this case we managed to break the chain by stopping for fuel in Weed rather than pressing on. Fortunately for us it didn’t happen 10 minutes later when there was no airports under us.

]]> By: JaDedBee http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-98 JaDedBee Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:37:13 +0000 http://ogrehut.com/20060822/flyingtomtboregon#comment-98 "It was a great trip and even with the excitement it was worth every minute and every dollar spent..." I concur! Honestly - I never feared for my safety once (at least while in the plane - on the trails was a different story). The 0gre and Fiona did a great job of keeping everyone calm and entertained. I really respect that you were able to pull all that off last minute. In my book, fun and new experiences always top the conservative same-old and being overprepared. Thanks a lot for letting me be a part of your adventure. Hopefully we'll meet up for a ride again soon. Joe Bryant “It was a great trip and even with the excitement it was worth every minute and every dollar spent…”

I concur! Honestly – I never feared for my safety once (at least while in the plane – on the trails was a different story). The 0gre and Fiona did a great job of keeping everyone calm and entertained. I really respect that you were able to pull all that off last minute. In my book, fun and new experiences always top the conservative same-old and being overprepared. Thanks a lot for letting me be a part of your adventure. Hopefully we’ll meet up for a ride again soon.

Joe Bryant

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