[pct-l] Kestrel weather gadget.

[CMountainDave@aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

I LIKE the weather gadget but its a little too pricey. If they bring to down 
to about $200 I might bite. Would be great to have it on top of Mt Raindeer 
to see what wind speed shreds the tents of the people who are dumb enough to 
camp on top. I wouldn't be surprised if the wind chill up there is near-100 
at times. I have my own body wind gage. When I'm stopped in my tracks it's 
about 70 mph. When I'm literally picked up and involuntarily moved, it's 100 
mph. Once I was on top of Raindeer and I could not get into the summit crater 
to sign the register. You could lean 45 degrees as long as you liked and not 
fall down. Spindrift whirl winds by the dozen were swirling hundreds of feet 
into the air from the crater rim. We didn't hang around long! Luckily, the 
ascent/descent route was on the lee side of the mountain