Re: Saddle Mountain cairn
Hi Ken, As I understand it, the survey did show "Everest" as the tallest although K2 (apparently) looks taller. The survey est. was 29,002 ft while I think...
DennisF 2013-06-30 20:20:10 #73459

Re: Driving time
Where is Adrian from? On Jun 30, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Tracey W <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"...
Dennis Ahl 2013-06-30 20:13:00 #73458

Re: Driving time
We are from Fairbury, Nebraska! Takes us about 17 hours to get there! I have a rule that the only person out of the vehicle is the driver and front seat...
Dennis Ahl 2013-06-30 20:11:10 #73457

Re: Saddle Mountain cairn
The book I have is called "The Great Arc." With a chain that was very long (7 miles??) and two people making very careful measurements of a distant object...
DennisF 2013-06-30 20:10:32 #73456

Re: Thanks for letting me join the group!
We're happy to have you on here, Pete! You can type in key words in the "search" section, which will bring up past postings that may answer any future...
Tracey W 2013-06-30 19:46:38 #73455

Re: Driving time
Good to know we aren't the ONLY crazy NUTS to drive it in one shot, Dennis :) You are in good company there in the HUSKER state, where another Canyon Nut,...
Tracey W 2013-06-30 19:42:11 #73454

Re: Saddle Mountain cairn
There's some new info on measurement techniques being employed to measure Mt. Everest. See the following URL: It may in fact be taller than...
Steve Skalski 2013-06-30 18:48:12 #73453

Re: Saddle Mountain cairn
Isn't that the survey that estimated Mt Everest height within a few inches (or feet) of correct? But then K2 was thought to be taller than Everest. Ken in...
Ken 2013-06-30 18:00:50 #73452

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