On Mount Washington for STS-2 (space shuttle)
On Mount Washington, spent the night.
I was sitting in the media area with the Obs Crew, watching the second Space Shuttle launch live on TV. As it was going up, I jokingly made an explosion sound. No one laughed. Someone said “Don’t do that” in a ‘don’t jink it’/Scottish PLay kind of way…
This was probably the night I could hardly keep from busting out laughing at Marty Engtrsom’s accent. I remember seeing the high-beam headlghts of the Obs 4WD coming down the mountain, swinging around like a searchlight as it went around rock outcroppings. They said something about locking the hubs, but keeping the transfer case in neutral…?