On a recent visit to San Diego we were able to summit a couple of the 2,000'+ prominence peaks in the vicinity. Those in a real rush might be abble to add the...
... I guess you probably already knew that these are the two most prominent peaks in San Diego county. The Cuyamacas have been my favorite hiking area in the ...
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Roy Schweiker
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Feb 11, 2002 9:43 pm
... A friend tried to drive our rental sedan up from the E a few Novembers ago as it was shown with solid lines on the Forest map, but the road kept getting...
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Adam Helman
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Feb 12, 2002 3:15 am
Just one thing added to Edward's excellent excerpt - Both Edward and myself are going down his list of 1,000+ ft prominences with the aim of eventually ...
I have twice managed to summit four 2000' prominence peaks in WA in a dawn-to-dusk day, without benefit of prior scouting on any, but it did require some...
Jeff Howbert ... Have tacked this onto a new "Speed Records" section in the FRL. Is at bottom of listing - - Andy Prominent Frontrunners - ** = new info 1) 50...
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Roy Schweiker
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Feb 13, 2002 4:47 am
(Andy Martin) ... (Jeff Howbert) ... In VT, I think that Ascutney-Killington-Stratton-Equinox can be booked into a day, add Kearsarge NH and Greylock MA to the...
... (Roy Schweiker) ... One could reasonably ask that for prominence speed climbs, you should start each climb at or under the elevation of the prominence...
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John & Karen Roper
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Feb 13, 2002 5:10 pm
(David M) ... day? ... I've never heard of a Rainier, then Adams or Baker in a day trip. A buddy and I did Baker and Shuksan in a weekend (8/12-13), then did...
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Feb 17, 2002 1:42 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the prominence group. File :...
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John & Karen Roper
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Feb 17, 2002 5:27 pm
Bob, Can you send me this straightaway, off the prominence page. I'm having trouble signing in. Thanks. John ... From: <prominence@yahoogroups.com> To:...
John, I attached the original Excel spreadsheet and the html file in case you don't have Excel. ... From: John & Karen Roper To: prominence@yahoogroups.com ...
Sorry folks, I didn't notice that the reply was to the group... ... From: Bob Bolton To: prominence@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 12:37 PM ...
Prom folks--if you recall a while back there was a thread started by Edward about his "cliff measure," which was a way to compare relief at different scales. ...
Tucson's finest 50 ? Last weekend I plotted all peaks with 2,000'+ prominence within 110 miles of Tucson. There are about 50 of them - a better "Tucson 50"...
Sierra Estrella Trip report. High point of the Sierra Estrella mountains, near Phoenix AZ. Prominence 3,212+ (10) feet, elevation 4512 feet. Andy Martin, Guy...
I have taken the opportunity to download and examine a few quads of data from SRTM. What is most notable is that the errors are very systematic. On a ...
(Andy) John Mitchler and Dave Covill have given the green light to running the World Top 50 by Prominence list in the State Highpointers newsletter. (see...
A discussions with David Olson on big prominence peaks west of his home (in TX) got me to contemplate the following - starting at Magazine Mtn. AR, list peaks...
Question - starting from center of Seattle, are the closest 50 peaks with 2,000' prominence all in WA ? I took a quick look at the air map - seemed that there...
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Roy Schweiker
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Apr 20, 2002 3:07 am
... To be consistent with other "50 finest" definitions, these should instead be the 50 most prominent peaks within XX distance of Seattle ... Probably does...
I've worked out a rough idea of the 50 closest summits to London with prominence of 2000'. It's quite straightforward to use grid references to calculate...
Last weekend I worked up a pretty complete list of the bigger peaks in the Nogales Sonora area. Not much info on these is found online, though it looks like a...
Some discussions on the "City Finest" concept (Roy Schweiker) ... The goal here is to come up with a general rule that produces a nice list for any city in the...
Have extended David Olson's list of the top 50 peaks in CO by prominence down to position 80, which will include all peaks in the state with at least 2,000...
(Bob Martin - CO peaks 51 to 80 list) Have visited all on the list with public access except Tanks Pk. Have not tried Ute Pk and did try Fishers Pk but found...
(Andy - Seattle 50 finest) ... (Trapper Robbins) Nice! This could even translate into a mobile "50 Finest Bubble" that travels around with you. With a...
David Olson took the city "50 finest" concept to heart, and worked up a draft of the 50 mountains closest to his home that posess 2,000' of prominence or more....
