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Adam Helman
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May 4, 2009 7:13 pm
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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...
Adam Helman
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May 6, 2009 7:18 am
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... 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....
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 ...
Adam Helman
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May 6, 2009 3:44 pm
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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...
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...
Adam Helman
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May 6, 2009 7:28 pm
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... 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...
... 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,...
(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...
... 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...
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...
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) - ...
Adam Helman
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May 9, 2009 12:16 am
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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 ...
Adam Helman
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May 9, 2009 7:57 pm
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... 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...
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...
... 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...
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) ...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... thanks for lenghty answer. That was what I wanted. -- Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX -22.915 -43.224 = GG87jc <= Corrected ! -23.578 -46.671 = GG66pk...
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...
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...
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