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304 Andy Martin
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Oct 1, 2001
4:58 pm
(Andy) ... (John Roper - completes list for first 10) ... Mount Rainier 1870 August 17. Hazard Stevens and PB Van Trump Mount Baker 1868 Edmund T....
305 Bob Bolton
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Oct 2, 2001
2:35 am
Edward, As you know I set up the poll, and I have no objection to closing it. Everyone please take note: We have 20MB of free file space and 30MB of free photo...
306 Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Oct 2, 2001
11:16 am
(John) Has EE finished his work on the Nevada list? That should up my total a bit. (Andy) Not sure, but his preliminary computer list is attached. Similar...
307 Andy Martin
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Oct 24, 2001
5:11 pm
(Ken Jones) On my recent trip to southern Oregon (and northern California) I got two more Oregon top 50 prominence peaks (Eight Dollar Mtn and Mt Scott). This...
308 Andy Martin
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Oct 28, 2001
5:14 pm
Those interested in computing their prominence "Century Club" tally of peaks with 2,000' or more of prominence will not want to overlook the county high points...
309 Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Oct 28, 2001
7:17 pm
... Mount Grafton's prominence is 3257'. It just barley misses the 50 finest. Below is Winprom's determination. Note, however, that to claim it you must go ...
310 David Metzler
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Oct 28, 2001
7:23 pm
Prominence folks--a while back I posed the question of the most prominent unclimbed peak in the world. Well, the question intrigued me enough to make a study...
311 Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Oct 28, 2001
10:11 pm
... My atlas shows a Mount Kirkpatrick (4528m) at exactly the same location as Mount Miller, to the accuracy to which I can read the map. Is it possibly the ...
312 David Metzler
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Oct 29, 2001
2:57 am
Prominence folks--As mentioned in my previous post, here is a table of the most prominent peaks in Antarctica. The table should include all peaks that have a...
313 David Metzler
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Oct 29, 2001
9:40 pm
Prom folks--here are Eberhard Jurgalski's comments on the post I made yesterday. I present these comments mostly unedited, but since I actually disagree with...
314 Adam Helman
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Oct 30, 2001
7:08 am
Dear prominence group, I have digested with rapt attention the various e-mail messages within this ongoing thread as regards identifying the greatest...
315 Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Oct 30, 2001
3:25 pm
(Adam) ... The highest unclimbed peak is ill-defined and, as time goes on, will only become more and more ill-defined, because it depends on what you call a ...
316 Adam Helman
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Oct 30, 2001
3:54 pm
Dear Edward - We all know about how prominence is able to successfully evade the question of "what is a mountain". Nevertheless it is well that you reminded us...
317 Andy Martin
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Oct 31, 2001
3:53 pm
The Antarctica vs China topic could be debated forever, but let me toss in my two cents anyway. (Adam) Then, given that money, free time, and climbing skill ...
318 David Metzler
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Nov 1, 2001
1:43 pm
It's interesting to look at the history of the high-prominence climbs. Before 1953 one can look at the progression of the highest prominence climbed to that...
319 David Metzler
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Nov 1, 2001
5:19 pm
Oops! Eberhard notes that I used an outdated value for Puncak Jaya (= Carstenz's Pyramid, HP of New Guinea) in my previous post. The more recent, accurate...
320 Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Nov 2, 2001
6:05 am
... Vinson Massif itself has "varied" in elevation by as much as 800 feet; I've seen figues as high as 16864 feet (5140m). However, all figures I've seen are ...
321 David Metzler
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Nov 2, 2001
1:38 pm
Edward correctly notes that the height of Vinson started out measured at over 5000 meters (from crude overflight data), then migrated down to the currently...
322 Andy Martin
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Nov 2, 2001
8:09 pm
(Dan Robbins - peaks slighted by the ID prominence list) As far as prominence and county list go, they do tend to de-emphazize the Sawtooths to some degree,...
323 Roy Schweiker
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Nov 5, 2001
2:40 pm
Yesterday I finished my list of the New England 100 Most Prominent on Poplar Mtn. Some other categories will also received minor updates when Andy puts out his...
324 Andy Martin
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Nov 5, 2001
6:12 pm
(Roy) Yesterday I finished my list of the New England 100 Most Prominent on Poplar Mtn. Some other categories will also received minor updates when Andy puts...
325 Robert W. Packard
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Nov 7, 2001
6:36 pm
I have made a cursory check of my 2000' prom summits. I used the lists in Andy Martin's "County High Points" as well as his recently posted additions. On the...
326 Robert W. Packard
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Nov 7, 2001
6:40 pm
I have 16 summits in MT with 2000' prom. Bob Packard...
327 Robert W. Packard
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Nov 7, 2001
6:50 pm
I have 15 summits in ID with 2000' prom, 7 in WY. Bob Packard...
328 Andy Martin
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Nov 8, 2001
3:52 pm
(Bob) So, I can boast of at least 344 summits of 2000' prom. (Andy) Thanks for sending in your totals, I've updated the FRL list (follows) (Bob) ... I'll...
329 John & Karen Roper
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Nov 10, 2001
4:36 am
Distinguished Honors will be given to students who earn a 4.0 GPA during the grading period, First Honors to students earning a 3.6 - 3.9999 GPA. Second...
330 Adam Helman
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Nov 10, 2001
7:19 am
John Roper quotes - ... during the grading period, First Honors to students ... Ha! Prominence is surely a good name for our montane purposes. One things...
331 John & Karen Roper
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Nov 10, 2001
5:11 pm
Hi all, Sorry about the peculiar Honor Roll post this AM. I have no idea where it came from. My computer got hit with a worm apparently, and this, to my...
332 Andy Martin
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Nov 14, 2001
3:10 pm
Alan Dawson was kind enough to prepare a listing of peaks in the British Isles with over 2,000' of prominence. There are quite a few more than I expected. ...
333 marktrengove@...
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Nov 15, 2001
10:36 pm
I got on to this group via Alan Dawson's contribution on the British and Irish peaks with 2000 feet prominence. Is there anyone out there with a list of these...
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