Edward, Thanks for adding me to your prominence address group. It is a bit more focused than the co.hp. group, since it excludes a lot of trivial, flat spots,...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 5, 2000 12:18 am
(Carl Mills) ... (Andy) Edward Earl and I are keen to get a "finest 50" list put together for the SE US, hopefully something will be put together within a...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
esquared@...
Aug 5, 2000 4:03 am
... I vote for Denmark. ;) Seriously, though, it's gonna be close. The main contenders here are the US, Canada, China, and Russia. I note that these are...
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Roy Schweiker
roy.schweiker@...
Aug 7, 2000 8:07 pm
... I think there are no access problems for New England 50 most prominent, just park fees to pay The NH 50 most prominent includes the infamous Croydon Peak I...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
esquared@...
Aug 12, 2000 4:24 am
Egroups offers a database feature which I have used for us to accumulate prominence lists. For starters, I have created two tables: one for the contiguous US...
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Karen & John Roper
roperk@...
Aug 13, 2000 3:34 pm
Edward, What's the password for this? "prominence" and "cohp" didn't work. John ... From: "Edward "7.389056099" Earl" <esquared@...> To:...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
esquared@...
Aug 14, 2000 1:24 pm
Karen & John Roper wrote: (regarding prominence databases) ... There's no password for this (or any other group resource). When you sign in to egroups, you...
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David Metzler
metzler@...
Aug 14, 2000 9:27 pm
Hi all. I've been looking for the most prominent peaks in the world, and in particular I'm compiling a list of the peaks with over 4000m prominence (around 25...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 14, 2000 11:33 pm
(Dave Metzler) ... (Andy) An early attempt by several individuals at this is attached. You are welcome to use the data as you see fit. ... The 164- (33) is the...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
esquared@...
Aug 15, 2000 3:39 am
... I too am having problems with this. For various reasons, I would love to determine the prominence of Orizaba, whose saddle is the lowest point on the...
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David Olson
DavidWmOlson@...
Aug 15, 2000 10:33 pm
McKinley: Natural=Nicaragua ~ 160'; Artifical=Panama ~ 85' Kilomanjaro: Natural: The ancient Egyptians built a canal from about Cairo to Suez, so an estimate...
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David Metzler
metzler@...
Aug 17, 2000 3:09 am
Hi all. If you look at the world prominence database on egroups you'll see that I have added a number of peaks. Since some of the saddles are not very precise,...
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Ronald Tagliapietra
RTagliapietra@...
Aug 19, 2000 1:26 pm
Nice update and extension of our old prominence list. I am especially pleased to see K2, Nanga Parbat, Kangchenjunga. The latter is close enough to Everest to...
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David Metzler
metzler@...
Aug 19, 2000 4:45 pm
... Kangchenjunga surprised me too. The saddle is close to Kangchenjunga on the Arun/Tsangpo divide. It is in a region marked "rigorous survey" on an otherwise...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
esquared@...
Aug 22, 2000 3:53 am
... Very good work. My initial list was intended only to be a "seed". It's wonderful to make it "real". ... Does the error apply only to the saddle, or does...
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David Metzler
metzler@...
Aug 22, 2000 8:44 pm
... Thanks. It's a good excuse to look at a lot of cool maps. ... The error bar listed is very rough. What I have in my personal spreadsheet is a lowest...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 24, 2000 12:33 am
(David Metzler - improved worlds finest list) ... (Andy) Looks like a lot of good new work to me, many thanks for posting it. There is some overlap with the AK...
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David Metzler
metzler@...
Aug 24, 2000 3:42 pm
(Andy Martin wrote:) There is some overlap with the AK finest and lower 48 finest lists, the 8 peaks on these lists that exceed 10,000' prominence are: ...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
Aug 24, 2000 3:47 pm
Could someone provide me the prominence of Mt Foraker, Denali's 17,400 ft neighbor? I noted this to Edward on a recent climbing foray and, despite his...
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Steven Gruhn
scg@...
Aug 24, 2000 7:26 pm
Mount Foraker (17,400) has a prominence of 7,050 feet above Kahiltna Pass (10,350 +/- 50), the pass separating it from Mount McKinley (20,320). Steve. ... ...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 24, 2000 8:10 pm
(Andy) I forgot HI yesterday - the 10K prominence peaks there are Mauna Kea Mauna Kea 13,796 0 sea level, Hawaii Haleakala...
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Steven Gruhn
scg@...
Aug 24, 2000 9:38 pm
Take a look on Topozone.com at the elevation of Kahiltna Pass in Alaska. I believe this is the lowest point on the ridge between Mount Foraker and Mount...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 24, 2000 9:50 pm
(Foraker Prominence) Take a look on Topozone.com at the elevation of Kahiltna Pass in Alaska. I believe this is the lowest point on the ridge between Mount...
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Steven Gruhn
scg@...
Aug 24, 2000 10:36 pm
... (Foraker Prominence) ... pass 10200- (100), which I'm taking as the "key saddle". (Steve) Andy is right on top of things. Evidently, he has become...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
Aug 25, 2000 2:02 am
Thanks to both Steven G. and Andy M. for their timely responses. I figured the prominence was low (by Alaskan standards) since Foraker almost sits on top of...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 25, 2000 3:59 pm
(David Metzler - AK prominence list) One question though: what happened to Mt. Vancouver? Am I missing something? I have it at 9220 feet prominence +/- 164...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 25, 2000 11:49 pm
(David Metzler - AK prominence list) One question though: what happened to Mt. Vancouver? (David Olson) Mt V- has two summits and the higher one is wholly in...
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Steven Gruhn
scg@...
Aug 25, 2000 11:59 pm
I hesitate to Olsonize Olson, but Mount Vancouver does not touch BC. The portion of Canada that it bounds is the Yukon Territory. Steve....
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Steven Gruhn
scg@...
Aug 26, 2000 12:16 am
My maps of Canada are limited, but Topozone.com shows the Alaska portion of Mount Vancouver to be 15,979 feet. How high is the point in Canada? I have...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Aug 26, 2000 5:03 am
(Steve G) My maps of Canada are limited, but Topozone.com shows the Alaska portion of Mount Vancouver to be 15,979 feet. How high is the point in Canada? I...
