[pct-l] RE: Gravity

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

I've heard that Leki trekking pole company increases the strength of the 
spring in their trekking poles every year for this very reason.

Have you guys every tried the gravity self test?  What you do is jump up in 
the air.  Then you hold a gallon of milk in each hand and try jumping again. 
  Right there is proof that gravity has increase since the last time.

Mouse
www.trailjournals.com/joeniemiec


>From: "AsABat" <AsABat@4Jeffrey.Net>
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: [pct-l] RE: Gravity
>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:49:25 -0800
>
>I don't know about variable gravity, but gravity has increased since the
>1970's. This is not man made (such as from thousands of footprints
>compressing the soil), but rather the result of the spin of the earth
>pushing the mantle of the earth against its crust, increasing the density 
>of
>the earth's surface. This has severe ramifications for hikers. For example,
>it is now much harder to climb a steep pass than 30 years ago. Perhaps the
>most convincing evidence of increasing global gravity is that the surface 
>of
>the earth is much denser than it used to be, requiring hikers to carry
>thicker sleeping pads.
>
>AsABat
>
> > What if gravity were variable like the weather.
>
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