Lol
No, not to hit the repeater. He was up there talking on his FT-101 in his old Chevy truck!
He could cover the entire Valley from up there, you can sit up there and look west and see the coastal range.
4,500 feet of elevation under your antenna is a big advantage.
I sometimes go over to Mount Bullion and sit at a spot below the repeater site that is about 3500 feet.
I can easily work 150+ miles from the mobile up there.
There is another spot over on Guadalupe grade on highway 140.
I have parked up there and talked to 1-800Toll Free when he lived down so-cal almost 200 miles away.
73
Jeff