[pct-l] Re:PCT elevations

[Henry Shires <hshires@jps.net>]

Very interesting.  I and my knees had a feeling that the elevation totals 
in Craig's program weren't very granular.  I hope Jim keeps it up all the 
way to Canada so we can get a more realistic number for impressing our 
spouses, friends, and co-workers.  Here's to hoping it really is a factor 
of 3 or 4.  "The PCT - 1 million feet up, 1 million feet down..."

Henry

>Here are the results
>
>Leg                         Planner          Altimeter
>Campo-Laguna         5485             8050
>Laguna - WarnerS    3500             17210
>WarnerS-Idyllwild      10211           19820
>Idyllwild-BigBear       12307           34950
>BigBear-Wrightwood  8090             22440
>
>As you can see, the total elevation gain produced by the planning program 
>may be off by as much as a factor of 3 or 4
>
>Side Note: Jim says he was privy to the calculations of the AT total 
>elevation change used by the ATC, and that those numbers were guest-imated 
>by WingFoot based on some faulty assumptions and are totally bogus, so the 
>comparison of trails based on these two bogus numbers is an exercise in 
>futility.
>
>- -Brick
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