CMDS Log, Supplemental
Previously
My solo trip across those mountains. A reminder of where we were at the foot of them:
Climbing. No volcanism on this mountain. The ground texture has changed. It was a challenge to choose the correct routes. Getting out and having a look made a big difference.
Tricky driving. Some routes where better than others. Some of these valleys looked like good routes, only to be strewn with hull sapping boulders.
I made it over the top, now the hazardous descent. And the gravity is around 1.23G so no launching off and floating down.
My goal - the far plains. You don't realise it here, but half that plain is a gentle falling away from the mountains.
When reaching the base of the mountains, the obligatory "I was up there!" photo.
The plains were so flat I was able to put the pedal to the metal. It took my 10 minutes to cover more ground that the previous hour, covering half the plain towards the next set of mountains. I reach an outcrop of what appeared to be dormant volcanic features. I even had the gall to climb over an inactive lava vent. I recalled the Star of the East and watched as the CO2 vents started steaming.
Then the lava vents started up with a roar. Where I had clambered moments before unharmed, was now over a thousand degrees. (Beware the lava rock creature!)
Space Cow landed the Star of the East right in the middle of it, of course.
I might do a fly-over of the mountains tomorrow before departing for the next adventure.
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