Thanks everyone - your experience is really appreciated. Adam - a kind offer. I emailed one company last night (mpgear - that would be mountainplus?) about...
Hehe I wonder what it would cost to ship to you from here. My friend picked up a pair for like $120 last year, and I think MSR is getting rid of their old...
... It used to be that standard uphill technique was to kick in the snowshoe flat like you would do with a bare boot, hence the bar would hinder this. A bar...
Rob, For use in Norway in January, there will be loose snow and likely no tracks. You will sink in, also with skis. The hope is that you do not sink too deep....
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Adam Helman
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Dec 1, 2010 5:49 pm
I bet that Petter and others of his homeland would frown upon the concept of using snowshoes rather than skis, and as Roy S. noted. Still, Rob, NOTE that no...
I loaded a LIDAR seamless topographic grid of the region where the branches of the Susquehanna River meet, and where 5 counties each have 2 competing high...
... need to be chimney sweep or satellite dish installer to climb roofs on several of these ... several illegal ascents required on Quabbin islands - can't...
Yeah if you want to look into shipping costs I can look for local vendors that sell it on the cheap. I'm actually going to one tonight. Matt ... -- Kind...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
Dec 2, 2010 1:32 am
http://www.cohp.org/prominence/maps/completion_maps/CONUS_Top_100/map_index.html I've also created links from the CONUS ultra, Top 100, and P4000 map index...
Finally, here in airport! Maui flight leaves at 930! Aloha! Sent from my iPhone ... ____________________________________________________________ Mortgage Rates...
Hi Adam, My CONUS Top 100 is located at: http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/Completion_maps/CONUS_Top_100.gif Do you link there, or do you want me to email...
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Adam Helman
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Dec 2, 2010 8:17 pm
Hello Petter, http://www.cohp.org/prominence/maps/completion_maps/CONUS_Top_100/map_index.html Now has a link to your off-site map. Thanks for providing it! ...
Yesterday, Dec 1, climbed Pu'u Kukui (5788), an ultra on the island of Maui, with Ken and Karen Jones and Dennis Poulin and 2 guides. For me it was ultra #...
Kewl bob, we are now camped at BSA parking lot on eastern Maui tonight. Plan a short hike in the morning before heading to Haleakala. Just enjoying 75 degrees...
I would normally have posted this only to the Prominence group but since there has also been a thread on COHP, I've posted to both. Found a Polish website with...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
Dec 5, 2010 6:31 pm
How much did it COST you to get this one, Bob, for just the peak and without including the airfare? Adam H. ... From: Robert W Packard To:...
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Adam Helman
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Dec 5, 2010 7:47 pm
Hello all, My vehicle was broken-into while on the Tohono-O'odham Indian Reservation yesterday. All water, most of the food, and all my valuables were stolen -...
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Adam Helman
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Dec 5, 2010 11:43 pm
Hello Scott S. Thanks for the extended and informative message. It helps out others to assess the risks - and that's in the best spirit of what I had...
... Thanks Mike. If my brief reading is correct, the last Polish ascent was 1988 and the mountain is (as we know) currently inaccessible. "*Full version of the...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
Dec 7, 2010 10:25 pm
Here's my review - http://www.cohp.org/personal/Arizona_prominences_December_2010.html I've included Scott Surgent's comments plus coordinates for the...
Too bad about the break-in, Adam. This happened to me once in Northern Ireland, fortunately near the end of my (2 week) trip. As you suspect in your case, an...
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Adam Helman
helman@...
Dec 8, 2010 12:10 am
I think, Rob, that if anybody bags on the order of a thousand peaks that the sheer statistics of those large numbers *eventually* results in a mishap. Better...
... My truck was broken into in May of this year, at the trailhead for 8$ mountain (OR P2K) in the SW part of that state. The only item taken was a laptop ...
No, Rob. Since the chances of my ever getting anywhere near the peak are quite small, I didn't dig further and left finding the "Mountains" article to better...
I'm waiting until John Biggar / Andes starts running trips there. I was in contact a year ago and he was hopeful of it opening up eventually, now that Ritacuba...
Hello all I am pleased to announce that Andy Dean and myself have finally finished compiling the list of Indonesian peaks with 1000m prominence or more. This...
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Adam Helman
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Dec 11, 2010 10:53 pm
Hello from Adam, In the "creative county concepts" section of cohp.org http://www.cohp.org/creative_concepts/creative_main.html one finds links to three web...
I have compiled county prominence lists for MT and ID, independently of Jerry Brekhus and John Kirk who did the same a few years ago. The lists agreed pretty ...
Over on cohp folks are talking about the hazards of 12-year-olds climbing Denali, but Mt Everest is much worse - you can get rolled on by a yak, cerebral...
