Re: Hard Disk recording at higher elevations

["werainey" werainey]

> In mid May I will be recording in Californias Sierra Nevada in Sequoia
> National Park.
> My current recorder is an Edirol R-4 which only records to hard disk.
>
> The topic of hard disks at high elevations has been touched upon in the
> group, but I am still not quite sure how to behave.
>
> I will definitely not record above an elevation of 10000 feet so I do
> not fear a complete failure.Yet, would I have to be careful handling the=

> recorder at elevations below that (6000 to 7000 ft), taking into account=

> that the pillow of air above my hard disk is thinner?
>
I've operated laptops with similar drives for many hours at elevations up t=
o around 11,000 ft
in the same region without problems
Bill R.