[pct-l] Southern Terminus

[Bighummel at aol.com]

I went down there yesterday and took some picts.  The tallest post is  split 
with a vertical crack about 3/4 of an inch wide and a couple feet  long.  The 
shortest one is deeply degraded with dry rot on top.   Two of the post are 
fairly solid in foundation while two are clearly  rotted.  I would wager that it 
could last, considering the dry weather,  another year or two, PROVIDED that 
no idiot tries to push it over or  intentionally damage it.  
 
As for the idea of making it out of basalt columns, the Whitewater Rock  Co., 
sells these and has the capability of laser cutting these in almost any  
design.  I don't know what the cost of this, but then the additional cost  of 
transporting these and digging deep holes and setting them in with a crane,  could 
be enormous.  
 
I just bought a one ton rock from them (I'm a geologist, okay?) and it cost  
me about $400 to have it delivered.  I would imagine three or four times or  
more to deliver basalt columns to the border.
 
I'll post an invite to the list for the photos from my Picasa web album  site.
 
Greg "Strider" Hummel



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