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[pct-l] Gravity



There are many such roads around the U.S, that appear to be going uphill, but in fact are going downhill.  Its an optical illusion based on the lay of the land. ie the trees might be bent in a way that looks like they are growing up a hill, or the fields might have an up hill grade while the road doesn't.  Thats where many of these stories of so called gravity hills come from where people claim that cars roll uphill, or water flows uphill.  As far as I have searched, all of them have been debunked by using a surveyers transit to establish elevation.  None of the so called uphills are actually up. They go down, but have that optical illusion.  I guess you cant just trust your eyes, or believe what someone tells you, you have to get out the instuments and test it yourself.  Having said that, I still keep an open mind about it, as I dont want to call anyone a lier, but I do want to see proof, before I buy.  Take a gps reading of the area in question.  Even though it wont be as accurate as a surveyors transit, you can get 10 or so readings to get a good average.  It will give you some information thats better than line of sight.
Doc Holiday


> 
> List physicists, please address this question ASAP. There is a 
> trail in Portland here called Leif Ericksen Drive (actually it is 
> kind of an abandoned dirt road) that is about 11 miles long. 
> Sometimes I run it out and back for 22 miles. There's about three 
> miles in the middle that I swear is uphill both directions. It has 
> caused me to seriously question my sanity. I need to have an answer 
> to this before I head back out there. 
> 
> Wayne Kraft 
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> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l From jdawud at yahoo.com  Thu Dec  8 21:06:28 2005
From: jdawud at yahoo.com (Junaid Dawud)
Date: Thu Dec  8 21:12:08 2005
Subject: [pct-l] working hard
In-Reply-To: <4398DA99.9080307@cox.net>
Message-ID: <20051209030629.92640.qmail@web30209.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

LOL,

yeah if only.  After I finish the trail, I'll be
broker than a joker.  Luckily I can return to Oahu and
have my pick of jobs with numerous environmental
consultaning companies.  The Alps with a buff
thru-hiking babe sounds way better.

---------Junaid  #41PCT2006

--- Sarah <msarahm@cox.net> wrote:

> Yeah, any job where you work this hard ought to be
> lucrative enough for you to follow it up with a long
> vacation, say to Zermatt to hike the Alps, hut to
> hut, including paying for some buff thru-hiking babe
> to accompany you, possibly as a honeymoon.
> 
> Sly wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 12/7/2005 10:03:51 PM Eastern
> Standard Time, 
> jdawud@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> >> I'm pretty damn busy these days working
> 6days/week
> >> 10-12hrs/day, 
> >> 
> >  
> >
> I hope it's worth it!  I suppose if you can post
> from your job it has it's 
> bennies.
> 
> Sly
> 
> 
> 
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