[at-l] Wash

[Mara Factor]

"AT miles this trip? Well, the distance that a point makes when
intersecting a line – any math philosophers out there? --"

Um, what's you shoulder width?  Hmm, or is it the width of the trail
corridor at that point?  Or half the width, assuming you didn't cross the
trail?

Mara (no math professor or philosopher but I am the product of two Factors)
Stitches, AT99


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On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 7:04 PM, RockDancer <rockdancer97 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Monday was an interesting hike for me, 6 miles round trip to Mt. Jackson
> from Crawford Notch via the Webster-Jackson trail. Elevation gain is about
> 2100 feet. It was 15 F at the trailhead, snow about 3 inches. The snow
> increased in depth and the temps dropped while I climbed. At tree line it
> was perhaps 2 feet of snow, and only +5 F, and still sheltered from the
> wind. Mt. Jackson is on the AT, and just barely above treeline. For
> southbounders, the peak just before Webster and the big descent (ouch for
> Felix) to Rt. 302.****
>
> ** **
>
> I held up at treeline and tried to ready myself for the dash to the peak.
> In only 100 feet the wind chill went to -20 F and I could feel the cold
> seep into the side of my body facing the wind. I wiped the snow off the
> sign, caught a photo and turned to descend. No footprints! and facing into
> the wind my glasses fogged. I kept my hands on my face to shield my eyes
> from freezing and, using the sun, guessed the general direction back to
> treeline. Descending I was occupied with thoughts of why we do these things
> and just how deadly the top of that peak was in those conditions.****
>
> ** **
>
> Not deterred, I’m spending some time tonight sorting through my winter
> gear – snowshoes, crampons, facemasks, goggles, etc. Might be a great
> winter herein the northeast. ****
>
> ** **
>
> AT miles this trip? Well, the distance that a point makes when
> intersecting a line – any math philosophers out there? --RockDancer
>
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