Reminds me of the time when we had paddled for 7 days to get up to Muir Glacier. A member of the party, after reflecting how far we had paddled up the East Arm, said to the guide" so how far are we above sea level since we left the Icy Straights" Subject: [Paddlewise] Estimating Elevation Without GPS I was recently paddling from the mothership Songhee in the waters of British Columbia's Broughton Archipelago. A fellow paddler, a newcomer to Canada, inquired of the skipper as to what our elevation might be "......since we were so far north." We were standing on the aft deck of this 100 foot long vessel. and the skipper glanced around slowly and very seriously replied "About 6 feet I should think." *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 30 2004 - 14:19:22 PDT
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