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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
> 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." Sure, traveling"UP North", one is supposed to gain some elevation. But I'm afraid this is more complicated. Since the Earth with all the lakes, rivers, mountains etc is flat, resting on three whales, which are resting on the turtle, which floats in the Ocean or some other endless medium (don't remember all the details) , the reference point isn't clear to me. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> afraid this is more complicated. Since the Earth with all the lakes, > rivers, mountains etc is flat, resting on three whales, which are resting on > the turtle, which floats in the Ocean or some other endless medium (don't > remember all the details) , the reference point isn't clear to me. I think it is the turtle that Earth is resting on, and turtle is upported by three (or six?) whales, floating in the Ocean. There could be some other layers, but my natural sciences knowledge is a bit rusty. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
alex wrote: > >I think it is the turtle that Earth is resting on, and turtle is upported by >three (or six?) whales, floating in the Ocean. There could be some other >layers, but my natural sciences knowledge is a bit rusty. > > It is four whales. One per foot. I dont know how many in metric. (was that joke too subtle or too bad) Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] I like that! I have a good idea who the skipper of the boat is too. Just like him to say that. hahahahahhahahha Kirby -----Original Message----- From: Dave Bishop 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/ ***************************************************************************
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