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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: John Fitzpatrick, Robert McCurdy. Timecode In: 00:00:34. Timecode out: 01:57:56. Notes: Placement of ARU #10. Includes ambiance of area and unidentified voices. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Hiking through swamp. Timecode In: 00:18:42. Timecode out: 00:21:53. Equipment Notes: DPA 4060 omni mics. DAT 20 (Sun Stereo 1) log Radex Woodpeckers Sunday Stereo 1 of 2 January 27 2002 Spaced DPA omnis direct into D8 DAT Starting along Oil Well Road, appx 2 miles south of old Rt 11, and heading west into the Pearl River WMA. With John Fitzpatrick, Curt, Steve, Rob of Cornell U team, plus Chris Joyce and Flawn Williams of NPR. Tape ends at selected tree site, then rest of this walk is on DAT 21. 01 00001 slate stereo tape, mention there's also a wireless tape running (those will be DATs 18 and 19, stereos are 20 and 21) at road, footsteps on gravel, birds, distant voices 00120 nice bird in clear with distant voices 00235 footsteps and voices, back in cars to move to different park spot 02 00320 slate moving car 03 00330 out of car at next location, zippers and other packing sounds, distant train whistle (about three miles west) 04 00440 John, looking at map: we're about here, want to walk south of west, heading 240, yeah, first few feet at least dry, it's almost due west, aiming for a zone down here, aim it about 260. 00720 Curt demos GPS for Rob. (Rob is feeling ill, but is taking on Chris Clark's former duties as Chris has returned to Ithaca.) Beeps of two GPSs and conversations. Curt finally gives Rob a simpler GPS with a compass. Mark this location Oil Well One. More instructions. Sound of rolling up map. 01100 Steve: with three GPS units we'd better get back! Take one water jug, leave lunch, this is the longest hike we'll do today right? 01230 John: how many items can a PhD take into the woods anyway? (I work with John placing his wireless mike) 01347 John lists what he's carrying on hike: video camcorder, Leatherman tool, GPS, binoculars, camera (35mm film), maps, compass, Cornell Lab of Ornithology hat. Boxers or briefs? Boxers. Wouldn't want to see an IBW without my Cornell hat. (change John's mike position again.) 01510 talk of Rob's body ailments. Don't push yourself. Steve is carrying pack with battery. 01628 John: OK Let's head out. We're doing 260 degrees, just a hair south of west. Footsteps start. Their footsteps recede until 01740. Then I start walking. 01845 good ambi footsteps in shallow water to 01920, then back to woods 01940 more water walking, some debris hits mike, splashy walking to 02100 02130 more water, with voices and multiple walkers to 02150 02210 walking through water, multiple walkers , to 02250 02400 I get Curt to turn my water bottle in pack for less audible sloshing, then more walking through water but with irrelevant conversation Rob and Curt 02540 good section of active water walking with distant voices 02750 good branch cracking with active sloshy walking 02810 reach first deep water. Flawn you go first, if you sink we'll go around. (I was only one with chest waders.) 02910 John: GPS beep, One point four inches. Let's see whether we can do this. I wouldn't set up here. Curt: Don't want to wade on the outside of a bend. Should be better here. Do you have electronics in that bag? It goes down, it's deep. Fan out and find a crossing. 03100 walking noise along bank, distant sloshing. 03200 John: I don't really want to get wet over my waist¿if we can avoid it. (more walking.) 03255 good footsteps in medium water, slower than before. 03330 John: it's up to but not beyond crotch. Shouts:What do you guys have? Distant voices say they're already across, we go up to join them. Faster walking through water, then dry walk. 03510 percussive splashing single walker in water 03550 water steps and distant v... (Notes truncated)
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- Cataloged
- 5 Feb 2010 - David McCartt
- Digitized
- 5 Feb 2010 - David McCartt
- Edited
- 5 Feb 2010 - David McCartt