[pct-l] After Action Report - Eastern Sierra & PCT

[greg mushial]

> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:44:04 +0000
> From: "AsABat" <asabat at 4jeffrey.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] After Action Report - Eastern Sierra & PCT
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> Yes Hawaii has the biggest mountains on earth, but not the tallest above 
> sea level. Mauna Loa is the largest mountain from base to summit. But to 
> get credit you will have to start walking from the base, way down at the 
> bottom of the ocean.
>
> AsABat
>

But but...  one get's credit for "doing Everest", starting at basecamp, 
18k'...  MaunaLoa from sealevel to summit is more vertical feet than Everest 
from basecamp to summit, by a third (*)  ;-)  though 12pts and axe are a lot 
less useful on ML...

TheDuck

(*) though if one counts from Lukla to summit, E is 4k'+ more