[at-l] electronic maps

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

To me, the most awesome stat. of all re the AT is the fact that walking
from end to end is the vertical elevation equivalent of climbing Everest
about 16 times - 16 times!  And, yet, the "average" grade is less than
5%; just goes to show that Mark Twain was right about statistics: 
"There's lies, damn lies [oops - sorry for the bleep word, but in the
interests of authenticity, I left it in! :)] - and statistics! :)

hike [and climb] on!

thru-thinker

Raphael Bustin wrote:
> 
> At 09:34 AM 2/13/02 -0500, Weary wrote:
> 
> >"... Where the profiles really annoy me is when there's a lot of
> >gratuituous ups
> >and downs with no net  vertical gain."
> >
> >You mean like that long trail that runs from the summit of Springer to the
> >summit of Katahdin?
> 
> Point well taken, Weary, and not lost on me.  The
> whole thing's a "pointless climb" at some level.
> 
> OTOH, there is a small net gain in altitude between
> Springer and Katahdin. <grin>
> 
> rafe b.
> aka terrapin
> 
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