Posted by John Lambert on April 27, 2002 at 04:13:28 from 24.84.34.133:
In Reply to: Re: 'Summit register'? posted by Andy Morley on April 26, 2002 at 22:53:24:
Andy,
I've just told you.
Most North American mountains, that is any lump of
rock worthy of the name, is perpetually covered with snow and ice.
Where would you put the marker then? Anyway, what's the point of putting
a marker at the summit? GPS can tell you exactly where it is and
other methods will tell you exactly how high it is. I recall traipsing
through the snow in Mount Olivier in the Southern Alps in New Zealand
and wondering how I would know when I had reached the top, when the
snow underfoot began sloping down. That must have been the summit I
had just passed. Climbing in the Coast Range of southern British
Columbia, I have stumbled over boulders at the top in the summer and
chunks of ice in winter, both of which would defy anyone's attempts to
place any type of marker. Landslides would seen shift any marker,
anyway. All I can say is that the so-called "mountains" in the U.K.must
be a lot more stable than they are here.
P.S. I was wondering what has happened to Ed Keiser too.
John
John