"weekenders" as route designers... Re:Re[2]:[at-l]Elevationchanges

[jhedrick at erols.com (John Hedrick)]

Great video.  I felt like that chimp every time I walked into a store.

Web Breaker

Datto wrote:

> The dangers of being a distracted Trail Design Chimp (for broadband users):
>
> http://friends.backcountry.net/datto/pic/trailchimp.mpeg
>
> Datto
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Powers [mailto:kdpo@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:19 AM
> To: datto@charter.net; at-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: "weekenders" as route designers... Re: Re[2]:
> [at-l]Elevationchanges
>
> Your comment about the chimp and the red marker reminded me of my thoughts
> when I saw this map:
> http://www.ws100.com/webcast/topo/RF-LB.htm
>
> Notice the road taking a much shorter route to the left. As I was looking
> for this section of the trail I noticed several other places where it looked
> like shorter possible routes existed. Since I haven't hiked this trail yet I
> will withhold comments about the trail although the maps look like your
> chimp was included in drawing the maps.
>
> The whole trail is shown at: http://www.ws100.com/webcast/wstrail.htm
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Datto" <datto@charter.net>
> To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:00 AM
> Subject: RE: "weekenders" as route designers... Re: Re[2]:
> [at-l]Elevationchanges
>
> > >> The funny thing is the trail bypasses the summit
> > >> of Walling Mt. (next one going North) which
> > >> is taller.
> >
> > That's where the chimp holding the red felt-tip spazzed about the bananas
> > running out.
> >
> > Trainers had to set him back up on his stool by the maps so trail
> designing
> > of the AT could continue again.
> >
> > Up at the Roller Coaster stretch, they'd put a girl chimp in with him. The
> > guy just didn't seem to have his mind much on trail designing for a day or
> > two. Made for pretty red marks on the paper though.
> >
> > Datto
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