Hello Gordon, Thank you for expressing interest in this project. I have signed you up for a copy of harcover, color edition and will be requesting a mailing...
Adam Helman
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May 1, 2005 5:11 pm
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Yesterday Mark Nichols and I surveyed the key saddle for Mount Fagan, near Tucson AZ, with our GPS units. Info follows - Andy Martin Using GPS to see if Mount...
andyadit@...
May 2, 2005 7:24 pm
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(Greg - does not want to use summit cairns to compute prominence) ... Now that you mention it, there are 4 ways humans alter prominence: On summits: 1....
andyadit@...
May 2, 2005 7:25 pm
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hi andy, how you been? do you know if this white sands deal is strictly a drive up? i'm planning on being in CO or farther north in late june and don't know if...
Bob, what would be just as stunning as your totals would be the approximate miles and gain aggregates. :> How many years have you been climbing? Mark --...
Mark Adrian
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May 5, 2005 11:39 pm
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... My first mountain was Mt Katahdin in Maine in 1958, but the bulk of my climbing has been since 1968 when I moved to Arizona. I've only kept track of miles...
Ron Tagliapietra has worked up a list of the South Carolina 50 finest, with help from Edward Earl. Info follows. (Ron Tagliapietra) Subj: Fw: SC Fifty...
andyadit@...
May 13, 2005 11:54 pm
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On my 1988 provisional Oracle USGS quad it states: To convert feet to meters multiply by .3048 To convert meters to feet multiply by 3.2808 For year I have...
andyadit@...
May 15, 2005 5:29 am
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Hi Andy, A small remark from "The Metric part of the world" : One foot is 12 inches and one inch is BY DEFINITION 2.54 centimeter. This means: To convert from...
Ja, hallooo. After my response I just noticed where you're posting from - Universitet i Bergen, ikke sant? What's the "@ii.*" - information studies? Jeg...
(Petter) ... Yes, this is correct for the International Foot. Unfortunately, we also have the U.S. Survey Foot to worry about, and it is defined slightly...
andyadit@...
May 15, 2005 4:23 pm
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What Andy M. emphasizes, I surmise, are the inconsistencies among surveyors, and the resulting map values, from having historically used two DIFFERENT sets of...
Adam Helman
helman@...
May 15, 2005 4:46 pm
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Hello from Adam, http://www.topowest.com/ has some unique search options that I have not found elsewhere. For instance, one can select a state and then get an...
Adam Helman
helman@...
May 16, 2005 6:32 am
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... Andy writes> ... How bizarre, this wouldn't have anything to do with the U.S. losing so many Mars probes over the years, would it? :) Here is another...
... Freedometrics? MC Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html...
... I just had a quickie look at it, and was dabbling with terraserver the other day (http://terraserver-usa.com); but in either case couldn't quickly figure...
Hello Mike, I understand that it is not the point you are making .... ... but I am peculiarly interested in mountains named after both colors AND of flavors -...
Adam Helman
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May 16, 2005 7:25 pm
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Its kind of an intersting question. Most common summit names. I'm preparing a little study which I'll send to the group and post on the site. So far Black...
Adam Helman <helman@...> wrote: Hello Mike, I understand that it is not the point you are making .... ... but I am peculiarly interested in mountains...
Hello Mike C, Really GOOD vanilla is to be enjoyed - especially from Madagascar as well as Mexico. At some $10 USD per pod, the majority of food products...
Adam Helman
helman@...
May 16, 2005 11:39 pm
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As others have noted here, the only feet used for elevations in the US were US survey feet (1200/3937 meter). Now, logically, either unit could be used at the...
... Last week on Chestnut Bald an AT thru-hiker hit me up for fruit. I offered an (unspecified type) candy bar instead but he said he wouldn't eat those. The...
Indeed, Roy. I don't ever get to store ice cream - it NEVER lasts overnight in my freezer... .... I EAT IT! This leads to the bizarre state-of-affairs that I...
Adam Helman
helman@...
May 17, 2005 6:15 am
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Last week a friend and I spent 4 days in the North Wood of Maine, bagging four peaks from the New England Fifty Finest List. The North Woods is unlike almost...
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