[pct-l] Southern Terminus

[Tortoise]

We aren't confined to the current design are we?

We could use from 1 to 4 (mimic current monument) to a lot with a 
staggered top symbolic of the Pacific Crest.

Do we have some one on the list good at getting services donated in 
kind?  Somebody with a truck to haul them. Someone with a backhoe or 
could borrow a truck mounted backhoe to place them, or maybe a forklift 
or small roadable crane.

Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>



Bighummel at aol.com wrote:
> I went down there yesterday and took some picts.  The tallest post is 
> split with a vertical crack about 3/4 of an inch wide and a couple 
> feet long.  The shortest one is deeply degraded with dry rot on top.  
> Two of the post are fairly solid in foundation while two are clearly 
> rotted.  I would wager that it could last, considering the dry 
> weather, another year or two, PROVIDED that no idiot tries to push it 
> over or intentionally damage it. 
>  
> As for the idea of making it out of basalt columns, the Whitewater 
> Rock Co., sells these and has the capability of laser cutting these in 
> almost any design.  I don't know what the cost of this, but then the 
> additional cost of transporting these and digging deep holes and 
> setting them in with a crane, could be enormous. 
>  
> I just bought a one ton rock from them (I'm a geologist, okay?) and it 
> cost me about $400 to have it delivered.  I would imagine three or 
> four times or more to deliver basalt columns to the border.
>  
> I'll post an invite to the list for the photos from my Picasa web 
> album site.
>  
> Greg "Strider" Hummel
>
>
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