Hello, Bob and Dotty Martin have a new e mail address. It is: bdmartin20@... Please change your address book. Thank you, Bob Dotty [Non-text portions of...
Bob Martin
bdmartin@...
Jan 3, 2007 10:45 pm
4058
I'm hoping to climb Teide and the 2 other accessible Canaries Ultras in Feb or March this year.. I gather from Petter Bjorstad's trip report that (a) there is...
Rob, It may be smart to just bring crampons and an axe, if the slopes are icy, then this simplifies things. One may often manage, but then in somewhat more...
On December 28, Betty and I visited Boundary Butte on the US-Canada Border. We wore our snow boots and hiked through the Turtle Mountain State Forest,...
Good timing for Edward's exit to Afrique. http://www.cohp.org/prominence/maps/completion_maps/europe/map_index.html - in turn made available from the main...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jan 6, 2007 9:56 pm
4063
Petter, Roy Thanks for your advice Regards - Rob ... From: "Petter Bjorstad" <Petter.Bjorstad@...> To: <prominence@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January...
Rob: I am a spanish mountaineer that has climbed Teide several times, always without snow. The theory says that it is necessary to obtain a permit to climb...
I hiked to the summit of Bounary Butte in August, 2005. It seemed very odd to me that such a prominent summit would lie extactly on the arbitrary 49th...
Jose Thanks your help Rob ... From: "Jose Martinez" <josemartinezhe@...> To: <prominence@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:38 PM Subject:...
Jonathan - I am linking directly to your map so that updates need not be sent or acquired by cohp.org . This mode of operation is preferable to copying. Adam ...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jan 8, 2007 11:11 pm
4069
I have uploaded an updated spreadsheet file for 500-ft/150-m hills in the middle of the country. The three most recent hills added to the list are Boundary...
Hi all: My wife and I just got back from a (too) short 5-day trip to Southern Arizona. We hiked Mt Wrightson via the Old Baldy Trail (quite a bit of snow in...
HP Sierra San Juan, Sonora Mexico, 31:03.5 111:37 Trip report by Doug Kasian minor edits by Andy Martin Hello Everyone - it has been a long time since I sent...
Jonathan de Ferranti has prepared a nice panorama view from Browns Peak. This has to be one of the best viewpoints in Arizona, with a centrally located, 7600'+...
Trip Report County: Bottineau County, North Dakota Date of Visit: Thursday December 28, 2008 Who: Betty and Jerry Brekhus We visited Boundary Butte, elevation...
Hello from Adam Helman I am unhappy to report that I have almost no recourse but to join a GUIDED expedition for the West Buttress Route next June. ...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jan 21, 2007 1:15 am
4076
Adam is of course entitled to his opinion, but I think he does a dissservice to the vast majority of guides on Denali in his statement. I had tremendous...
FYI, I have made use of bad weather in my area to put up summitpost pages for the following Oregon P2K's. Odell Butte Hamner Butte Bald Mtn Pedro Mtn Carpenter...
Thats a great idea,Dean, listing out peaks to do when the weather isn't so great, often the case in the Northwest here. You might also think of listing out ...
... the authoritarian, top-down structure of a guided climb - one that I view as only two rungs higher than being IMPRISONED for three weeks. ... of some...
I publically apologize for the rash remarks made regarding Denali guides and their goals. Until I **MEET** one I really should think twice about giving them...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jan 22, 2007 6:50 pm
4081
(Nick Scouras) i found this surfing topozone this a m. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=34.3647&lon=-112.78809&size=l&u=5&datum=nad27&layer=DRG Good find...
Hi all: In "The Finest Peaks", page 6, Adam states that "With a few notable exceptions, a mountain's prominence is related to its local relief (see below...
I haven't compiled any figures, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that WY, NM and CO would yield similar results comparing gain required for prominent peaks...
This is interesting new material, Ryan R. and John K. I am surprised and pleased that Ryan made the effort to actually "test" the conjectured correlation -...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jan 24, 2007 3:36 am
4085
Isolation and technical terrain are some major factors playing into practicality of climbing peaks that have a relatively small amount of prominence. Some...
Hello John, I am interested in reading the totality of your reply: it appears to have gotten cut-off mid-stream. "Prominent peaks avoid this issue, which is...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jan 24, 2007 6:03 am
4087
CO Highest 100 (min 300 average prom): Total Minimum Gain Required (single peaks at a time): 331,944 Total Prominence of highest 100: 147,732 CO 100 Most...
