[meteorite-list] Steve's Imilac Trip

[Gary K. Foote]

For those who have missed parts of this great saga I have, with Steve's permission, 
archived it at my website.  I'm hoping for some pictures to go along with it soon. - 
Steve, are you listening???  :))

http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/piscocolaandimilac.html

Gary

On 26 Feb 2007 at 16:51, Steve Schoner wrote:

> It became plainly obvious to me why they were delayed-- After I guzzled
> down that full bottle of Pisco-Cola mix.  (I have yet to figure out which
> was more, the Pisco or the Cola)
> 
> I surmised this:
> 
> 1) They bought at couple of Pisco bottles in Antofagasta, along with
> Cola which is very popular in South America.
> 
> 2) Being that you cannot drink and drive at the same time, they most
> likely held off till they got back on that long dusty road out of town.
> 
> 3) They made the mix and began to drink it... 
> 
> 4) Antofagasta is at sea level and Imilac strewnfield is at about
> 11,000 ft.  As they gained in elevation the Pisco began to take effect
> much more rapidly then Marvin and Hurley realized.  Pilots are warned, one
> shot of liquor at sea level equals 2 every 5,000 ft elevation increase. 
> So they got "high" very fast.
> 
> 5) They pulled off road to recover.
> 
> 6) When they finally came down enough to drive back to camp, I asked
> them why they were so delayed, expressing my anxiety that I might have had
> to walk out the next day.
> 
> 7) Marvin handed me a bottle of Cola-Pisco that he and mixed and said
> "Drink this"   The answer became very obvious very quickly.
> 
> I can say this, Pisco is great at altitude.  I did not have a hangover the
> next day at all, neither did Marvin or Hurley.  I bought two bottles on
> the way back and have yet to find it here in the US.
> 
> Straight, it has a unique taste.  Certainly great for those "high"
> altitude meteorite hunts (just so long as there are no trees, rocks or
> gullies in the way)
> 
> Humm... May have to take a trip down to Chile's Imilac strewnfield, or
> better yet to Peru to hunt at Larry's so called "crater" just to get more
> Pisco.