[pct-l] Trail Mileage

[Gary Wright]

On Feb 7, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Postholer wrote:
> Finding the *exact* value is an unverifiable exercise, anyways.  
> (unless you
> walk with a wheel and do it yearly)

And stay in the center of the trail and....

For those of you with a mathematical interest check out:

<http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/WorldOfFractals/Dimension/ 
Coastlines/Coastlines.html>

for the mathematics of measuring a coastline, which is basically the  
same problem as measuring the length of a trail.

The bottom line is that the smaller your ruler, the longer the route!

Radar