Re[2]: [at-l] Question

[tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)]

     OH! And it's better than that, Kahley. The AVERAGE gain is 217 feet in 
     a mile. But like so many things, the miles of the Appalachian Trail 
     are all "above average."
     Gotta love it; gotta live it.


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Subject: Re: [at-l] Question
Author:  kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net> at ima
Date:    1/25/99 12:16 PM


This may possible fall into the catagory 
"Things I Really Don't Want To Know" k/\
     
Pat Villeneuve wrote:
     
> >From "The Thru-Hiker's Handbook"
> You are no doubt getting used to the ups and downs of Trail life by now. Each 
> mile of the AT has an average elevation gain of 217 feet, which means that a 
> thru-hiker will climb and descend a total of 88.79 miles between Springer and 
> Katahdin. That is the equivalent of going from sea level to the summit of Mt. 
> Everest and back more than sixteen times!
>
> Give Me Chocolate
>
     
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