Hoisting the flag!

BruteForce · Post by **BruteForce** » September 27th, 2008, 2:43 pm

A few weeks ago, I went hiking about 40 miles South from home (near Eureka, Utah). I found a spot that was the highest point in that area with overlooks from every direction.

Last night, I decided to prep. equipment for hoisting a 5x7' flag atop the peak.

I took my 4wd ATV (Kawasaki Brute Force 750i), 50 pounds of concrete mix, 2 gallons of water, 2 sections of taped-up 8' PVC and the 5x7' flag from my home's flag pole.

I dug a 1.5' hole in the rocks, affixed the two PVC halves to form a 16' pole, poured in the concrete mix & water and piled 3' of rocks around the base.

The end result:

For those of you in the area, the GPSr coordinates are:
N 40Â° 00.207 W 112Â° 11.815

Soon after, a monster thunderstorm set in, the temperature dropped, the thunder and lightning began and hail followed by heavy rain downpours.

Needless to say, I had to ATV 20 miles back to my truck/trailer and arrived muddy, wet and cold.

Was it worth it? YOU BET IT WAS!

BruteForce · Post by **BruteForce** » September 28th, 2008, 6:23 pm

Here's the YouTube video shortly after the flag went up. I left it overnight, then came back today to take it down. I'll upload the final YouTube video later tonight or Monday.

YouTube Clicky

RANGER513 · Post by **RANGER513** » September 29th, 2008, 5:25 am

Pretty darn cool.

Good on ya.

Earthpig · Post by **Earthpig** » September 29th, 2008, 8:38 am

Nice!

RLTW
EP

Ranger Bill · Post by **Ranger Bill** » September 29th, 2008, 9:14 am

If the environmentalists and EPA find out about this you may face fines and jail for despoiling nature, destroying the mating grounds for some 1/16 of an inch insect, and construction without a permit and environmental impact statement.

BruteForce · Post by **BruteForce** » September 29th, 2008, 9:28 am

Ranger Bill wrote:If the environmentalists and EPA find out about this you may face fines and jail for despoiling nature, destroying the mating grounds for some 1/16 of an inch insect, and construction without a permit and environmental impact statement.

Yeah, I know. I frequent an Outdoors enthusiast site and got a rash of shit for posting the flag 1) without a permit on public lands, 2) for leaving a trace (concrete, flag, etc).

I did recover the flag and clean-up behind myself. I will be coming back with a solid aluminum pole and remounting the flag with the intent of maintaining it since I frequent that area at least monthly.

I'm sure there will be plenty of tree-huggers giving me shit about it, but this area isn't quite what I would call pristine wilderness.

alexleon13 · Post by **alexleon13** » September 29th, 2008, 12:51 pm

What a beautiful sight. America is filled with amazing scenery and you my friend found a great spot to appreciate a small piece of our great country. Fly it high and fly it proudly!

Ranger Bill · Post by **Ranger Bill** » September 29th, 2008, 1:19 pm

BruteForce wrote:
Ranger Bill wrote:If the environmentalists and EPA find out about this you may face fines and jail for despoiling nature, destroying the mating grounds for some 1/16 of an inch insect, and construction without a permit and environmental impact statement.
Yeah, I know. I frequent an Outdoors enthusiast site and got a rash of shit for posting the flag 1) without a permit on public lands, 2) for leaving a trace (concrete, flag, etc).

I did recover the flag and clean-up behind myself. I will be coming back with a solid aluminum pole and remounting the flag with the intent of maintaining it since I frequent that area at least monthly.

I'm sure there will be plenty of tree-huggers giving me shit about it, but this area isn't quite what I would call pristine wilderness.

And I thought I was just making a joke...

Ranger Ron · Post by **Ranger Ron** » September 29th, 2008, 1:25 pm

Nice job! That was cool.

Rock Island Ranger · September 29th, 2008, 1:44 pm

Bad ass and good on you.

BruteForce · Post by **BruteForce** » October 2nd, 2008, 7:43 pm

Okay, so it's a bit cheesy, but:

The day after raising a 5x7' flag atop the Tintic Mountains, I raced back (speeds of 50-70mph on my ATV), to take the flag and pole back down.

YouTube Clicky

RRDTm3 · Post by **RRDTm3** » October 3rd, 2008, 3:58 am

B E A utiful country. I see there is a flag in the background of pic # 2, anyway to get a wide shot of both flags in a pic?

BruteForce · Post by **BruteForce** » October 3rd, 2008, 4:32 am

RRDTm3 wrote:B E A utiful country. I see there is a flag in the background of pic # 2, anyway to get a wide shot of both flags in a pic?

I think the other flag you saw was attached to my machine.

Invictus · Post by **Invictus** » October 3rd, 2008, 5:40 am

Nice!
That's a pic worthy of framing.

edisapimp · Post by **edisapimp** » October 4th, 2008, 9:30 pm

Very cool BruteForce!

It's actually incredibly lame that any citizen of this country would have anything objectionable to say about your actions here.

P.S. Nice choco-chip DCUs. I think you found the terrain they were meant to camo up with.