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Adam Helman
helman@...
May 6, 2009 7:18 am
Tucsonian Scott Casterlin and New Mexican John Hamann joined me for a round of prominent peaks and highpoints last week in southern Appalachia. Some highlights...
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wererichertoo
May 6, 2009 12:42 pm
... Unfortunately this is a common view, and is no doubt true in summer, but many of these mountains, particularly Mt Rogers, are underestimated in winter....
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Adam Helman
helman@...
May 6, 2009 3:44 pm
Indeed, Ryan, we saw a sign indicating that the park is subject to closure during winter-like conditions - accomodating the majority of hikers who are not ...
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Paulo Marcondes
marcondes.rm
May 6, 2009 6:53 pm
Hi All. I am new to this prominence stuff. However I have been around maps since I was 14 or so (I am 31)... My main interest in this matter spans from: 1. I...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
May 6, 2009 7:28 pm
We all know that Jack Bennett has completed the Canadian province highpoint list - remarkably, the only person to have done such ... and an American (which...
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Andy Martin
oldadit
May 6, 2009 11:42 pm
... A good place to start is the info on peaklist. It appears 9 Brazil ultras are listed at: http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/ven_bra.html The Brazilian...
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Paulo E. P. Marcondes
marcondes.rm
May 7, 2009 10:48 am
... Thanks, Andy. ... I guess a top 50 would be a nice starting point. Later I will research the links you mentioned, and see what comes up. ... Unfortunately,...
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Paulo E. P. Marcondes
marcondes.rm
May 7, 2009 11:13 am
... It is impressive what a bit of focused googling will turn up... Seems that there is alread an official list of the top 35! ...
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Andy Martin
oldadit
May 8, 2009 12:05 am
(Paulo) ... The author of that web page has a good listing of the peaks he has climbed at http://www.tacio.com.br/tacio/sobre/curriculo.shtml Looks like at...
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Jonathan de Ferranti
jcvf57
May 8, 2009 10:29 am
This may be helpful: http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/prominence.html#SouthAmerica Jonathan...
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Paulo E. P. Marcondes
marcondes.rm
May 8, 2009 11:19 am
... Right on! It is, AFAIK, only height based. No prominence cutoff. ... The IBGE has a project "Pontos Culminantes do Brasil" - HPs of Brazil. Under this...
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Jose Martinez
josemartinezhe
May 8, 2009 1:45 pm
Jonathan My name is José Martínez and now i am working with Parys Lisiecki preparing the definite list of peaks over 610 in Península Ibérica...
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Andy Martin
oldadit
May 8, 2009 9:11 pm
A newspaper article on hiking this nearly* 2K peak is at: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/sep/24/oat-mountain/ The map with the article shows the route...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
May 9, 2009 12:16 am
Here it is - http://www.cohp.org/personal/Appalachia_Spring_2009.html I also composed two county highpoint trip reports (for Henderson and Gaston Cos, NC) - ...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
May 9, 2009 7:57 pm
Using Andy Martin's latest information I have updated the on-line prominence FRL at cohp.org - http://www.cohp.org/prominence/index.htm#FRL ...
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Paulo E. P. Marcondes
marcondes.rm
May 11, 2009 11:03 pm
... Hi Jonathan. How was this list compiled? I see several summits that don't appear in the official HP list. Maybe it is because the list is height based, and...
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Jonathan de Ferranti
jcvf57
May 12, 2009 9:58 am
Hello Paulo, The list is wholly prominence based, not height based. It was generated by computer from SRTM and spot height data. The 2596m summit at your...
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Paulo E. P. Marcondes
marcondes.rm
May 15, 2009 5:09 pm
... I'm a bit confused with the words =]... Is drop the same as prominence? When you say SRTM, the use of winprom is implied? I'll see if I can devote at least...
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Robert W Packard
pumprat
May 23, 2009 11:19 am
Brendog asked what peaks are on my itinerary for the northeast. In NY: Black Dome (done yesterday along with Blackhead), Santanoni (slated for Monday, May 25) ...
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Robert W Packard
pumprat
May 23, 2009 3:43 pm
In May of 03 I visited the hp of Hanging Hills in CT, thinking it was the SPP with P=830+. It is still in contention, but since then another possible candidate...
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Robert W Packard
pumprat
May 24, 2009 8:29 pm
Just realized that I don't have to do Signal Mt in VT as it's a COHP which I did years ago. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Richard
chesimus_nyc
May 25, 2009 1:25 am
Bob In the early lists I worked with (based on Roy and Andy's work), Caribou (a logging road walk with a short bw at the top) was ambiguous with Kibby (in...
... Andy, at what kind of distance a level sight is useful/reliable? Saturday I hiked to a 991m (altimeter reading) and sight to another near summit which is...
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Richard
chesimus_nyc
May 25, 2009 7:36 pm
The biggest issue is that the incremental time to do both peaks is small compared to the long drive to get to either peak. Although there may be plenty of...
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Andy Martin
oldadit
May 25, 2009 10:32 pm
... You can buy inexpensive levels for about $20 at construction supply stores like Home Depot. I use a Kuker-Ranken 2 power level surveyors level from...
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Paulo Marcondes
marcondes.rm
May 26, 2009 12:35 pm
... thanks for lenghty answer. That was what I wanted. -- Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX -22.915 -43.224 = GG87jc <= Corrected ! -23.578 -46.671 = GG66pk...
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Andy Martin
oldadit
May 28, 2009 12:45 am
THE 1,000' PROMINENCE PEAKS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK Discussion by Andy Martin I. Death Valley list (Charlie Winger) ... Charlie's question prompted me to...
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wererichertoo
May 28, 2009 1:37 am
Speaking of National Park prominence lists, I have a list for Shenandoah National Park down to 150m (492ft), that I can share if anybody wants. This is a...
