Hal Levine wrote: > > In a perfect world, let's say you are planning to paddle a linear > distance of six (6) miles at three (3) miles per hour against a one (1) > mile per hour current how long should it take you if you don't stop? > How long will it take if you take a five (5) minute rest break every > fifteen (15) minutes (just stop paddling and let the current have its > way)? ...and the answer is... 4 hours 45 minutes. I have not double checked this, but it seems obvious. BTW, it is easier if you do it in base 12, since the distances traveled per cycle are in 12ths of a mile. :-) (Dave Seng was on the right track, but his answer must be based on Alaskan hours, which apparently are only 20 minutes long. Dave also forgot to allow for the fact that in the last cycle of paddle-drift, you won't get to the drift stage since you will have arrived at your destination.) Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 12:16:50 PDT
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