New guy gets broken in on first meeting

After July's monthly meeting a group of veteran club members (Steve, Mike and Chuck) went tooling in the local hills with a newcomer (Christian) in tow. He showed himself to be an able wheeler, despite having 33's and open diffs. We think he's going to fit in just fine. We were laughing because on day one he's nearly fulfilled his requirements for membership.

Since none of us were prepared to go wheeling, all of us were wearing flip flops, had no recovery gear, no tools, and no way of airing back up. This was probably the least prepared I have ever been. Next meeting I go to I'll be packing all the right gear, just in case.

This run was another example of the futility of CB and the superiority of VHF radio. CB was constantly scratchy and short on range. Meanwhile Charlie and I were able to jaw on simplex the whole time and for most of the way home. we were 8 miles away and I could still talk on simplex with him. When he finally got out of range we hooked up with the palomar 146.075 repeater and continued the conversation all the way home. This is communication at its best.