Prominence people--here's some info about prominent and high peaks in South America. I've done the prominence of the top 20 peaks by elevation, and more...
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Andy Martin
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Feb 8, 2001 4:56 pm
(David) ... Very interesting groundbreaking work. Neat to see Fitz Roy ranked so high. This is a very impressive spire in Patagonia, first climbed in 1952, see...
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Andy Martin
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Feb 8, 2001 8:50 pm
Hi Johan Heersink, Roger Rowlett, prominence@yahoogroups.com, Steve Fry A recent discussion on the number of 8,000 meter peaks follows. Roger Rowlett started...
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Andy Martin
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Feb 9, 2001 4:19 pm
An update on the "Big Hole" list, with info from Jerry, David, and Ron. State bests for TX, KY, TN, FL, CO, WA, MT, NM, KS, ND were improved on. No further...
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Andy Martin
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Feb 10, 2001 12:46 am
Some follow up from David Olson on Argentina - (David) Noted the most recent promi- printout. 1. Someone "assumed" that FitzRoy is the HP of some Province in ...
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David Metzler
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Feb 10, 2001 11:08 pm
Interesting to see the (provisional) Argentina political HP list. Tronador might have quite a high prominence. As for Bandeiras, that is actually the next peak...
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Andy Martin
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Feb 12, 2001 4:20 pm
(David Olson - more notes on Fitz Roy prominence) BTW, If you had any FitzRoy hopes on the Chilean side, Fuggedabutit. Even though the Chileans have been ...
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Gullskey@...
Feb 12, 2001 4:33 pm
Hi ! Since some hours I check my archives because of Fitz Roy (3441 m !). At the time I can say : Murallon is only 2831, I realized the figure 3600 m, but it...
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Gullskey@...
Feb 12, 2001 4:35 pm
Sorry Cerro Piramide is identical with Volcan Lautaro 3380 m, but it is now lower than Fitz Roy. Again Eberhard...
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Andy Martin
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Feb 27, 2001 8:25 pm
John Roper, first (and only) WA county completer, has done a nice write up on the 52 Peaks in WA that have 3,000' prominence. See page 22 of the Feb 2001 Pack...
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Andy Martin
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Mar 4, 2001 11:41 pm
Went on my first hike yesterday with the "Professor" of county HPing, Bob Packard, along with Andy Bates and Ken of Flagstaff. We climbed an unnamed peak in...
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DavidWmOlson@...
Mar 8, 2001 12:23 am
(Andy Martin) "It is always a thrill for me when someone first completes a list I've worked on. Bob (WY, AZ50, AZ100), Fred L (ME, MA, RI), and Mike S. (NJ, PA...
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Andy Martin
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Mar 19, 2001 8:08 pm
(Jeff Howbert) Attached is the provisional list of all 2000 ft. prominent peaks in WA. I have gone over the NE and SE parts of the state with a fine-tooth...
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Andy Martin
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Mar 20, 2001 6:02 pm
To: Jeff, John, prominence email group - (Jeff Howbert) I learned not to count on DeLorme a long time ago (1995), when I was working on my Oregon Top 100 list....
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Howbert, Jeff (SEA)
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Mar 20, 2001 6:16 pm
Andy, John - By the way, if you want to really torture yourself figuring out a saddle, check out the terrain just SW of Grand Coulee Dam. The...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Mar 21, 2001 6:53 am
... They are right, though maybe for the wrong reason. Here's why: Before white men came to North America, the North and South Branches of the Chicago River...
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DavidWmOlson@...
Mar 21, 2001 11:23 pm
Three points: 1. In the very olden days, if Andy's ancestor started walking from Tucson headed to New York City he/she would have to cross water. Tucson is...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Apr 21, 2001 2:39 am
I have successfully procured a 1:50,000 scale map of the Champagne YK quad (115 A/16), which is the most detailed topo map that shows one of the possible ...
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David Metzler
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Apr 23, 2001 3:08 pm
For the Orizaba saddle I had found three possibilities (including Champagne YK) between 2300 and 2500 feet: Summit Lake (93J/7): 2316 to 2400 feet. L/L...
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Andy Martin
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Apr 24, 2001 5:12 pm
To: prominence email group, Bob Martin, Mark Nichols, Scott Surgent, Adam Helman, Levi Foust Those interested in math and hiking may like thus - Andy Summit...
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David Metzler
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Apr 25, 2001 3:42 am
A reply to Andy's Summit Mathematics Dilemma (quoted below) The correct answer is (basically) #2, although a better answer is 1/8 = 12.5%. I will try to...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Apr 25, 2001 5:42 am
I have little to add to David's good explanation about peak, saddle, and prominence distributions within a contour interval. I was going to point out that a...
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Andy Martin
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Apr 25, 2001 4:20 pm
(Adam Helman) ... An interesting goal - climb a summit in each 1,000' bracket. State HPers are only missing 3 slots from 0 to 14, which can be rounded out by a...
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Andy Martin
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Apr 25, 2001 6:44 pm
More on brackets is attached. The lower 48 list is improved with Loma Prieta CA in the 3,000 to 3,999 slot. Also, state lists for CA, AZ, WA are attached....
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Apr 26, 2001 2:19 am
Using my hypothesis that prominence density is proportional to 1/(P^2), I've calculated the prominence density distribution for a peak whose summit and saddle...
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Andy Martin
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Apr 26, 2001 4:18 pm
(Andy) ... (Roy) Its always possible, but as it doesn't have a 3000' contour there is no present basis to believe this (Andy) Right, Checked the maps better,...
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Steven Gruhn
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Apr 26, 2001 5:05 pm
(Andy) Also did a quick AK bracket list, though checking is needed to determine if Veniaminof, Chiginagak, or Frosty Peak are on islands. (Steve) Frosty Peak,...
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DavidWmOlson@...
Apr 27, 2001 1:35 am
(Andy Martin) Subject: correction (Fred) ... (Andy Martin) Right. Purge the earlier list from your memory banks, insert following: (David Olson) Very good!...
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Roy Schweiker
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Apr 27, 2001 3:42 am
... I disagree. Doesn't the distribution function imply that both are biased downward? Prominence could still be nonuniformly distributed since the "skewness"...
