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[pct-l] PCT Total Vertical Gain?
- Subject: [pct-l] PCT Total Vertical Gain?
- From: reynolds@iLAN.com (Reynolds, WT)
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:28:37 -0800
I could run an elevation gain/loss on my Topo! trace of the PCT through all
of California. That would be AN answer.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Brick Robbins [mailto:brick@fastpack.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 1:55 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] PCT Total Vertical Gain?
At 01:24 PM 3/13/01 , you wrote:
> There is a right answer to this PCT total
>elevation gain question, but no "correct" answer. Have you heard of
>fractals? This is the perfect fractional dimension problem.
Damn Mathematicians...
From an engineering point of view there is a practical answer.
(Mathematicians never give practical answers, they just give engineers the
tools they need to do the real work....<gdr>)
Determine the resolution of your measuring devices, and the reasonable
spacing of your data points.
Go from there.
I'd still love to hear from Jim on this one.
-Brick
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