View Full Version : shelter elevations charted?
johnny quest
07-18-2008, 16:41
has anyone gone to the trouble to chart shelters by elevation in excell?
Pedaling Fool
07-18-2008, 16:57
Something I've often wondered:
When looking at the guidebooks they give the distance between shelters, but that's not true distance, it's only AT distance, does not include distance of the approach trail to the shelter. So when you read an elevation of a given shelter, such as "Whitley Gap Shelter (3370')"; (Ref: Thru-hiker's Handook-2006 & Thru-hiker's Companion-2005). Is that the elevation at the junction between the AT and the Whitley Gap Shelter approach trail or the shelter's altitude?
johnny quest
07-18-2008, 16:59
im sorry, i want to respond to your actual post, but now all i can think of is that gilf, nancy pelosi.
Pedaling Fool
07-18-2008, 17:01
It's my feeble attempt at being bi-partisan:D
johnny quest
07-18-2008, 17:06
then this is for you.
just call me hank readen
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5528/664/1600/Pelosibrains.jpg
WalkingStick75
07-18-2008, 19:02
I thought this thread was about "shelter elevation" :)
NICKTHEGREEK
07-18-2008, 19:18
I thought this thread was about "shelter elevation" :)
The Marine was merely citing an excellent example of topographic extremes. It's helpful to preplan the route between summits
Go to http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/at/ and copy and paste to excel.