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Re: [at-l] Re: Elevation gain
'twas said:
"If I remember correctly the physics definition of work uses the distance
between the starting and ending points without consideration of what
goes on in between."
Ahhh, physics.......a wonderful world of ideal circumstances.....with so
many ignored variables like friction.....and inertia.....if only it would
take 0 work to go from one peak to another......well it dosn't...... at
least not until physics 2 ;)
-Chris (who wish he could go back to the ignorant days of physics 1)
christopher.casciano@prudential.com
http://www.rit.edu/~cac6982
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