Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 12/10/03 5:12 PM, langhans at langhans@compwrx.com wrote: > There's big and then there's BIG and MASSIVE. Mt. Rainer is BIG and MASSIVE > as it towers over the surrounding mountains. > > http://www.peakbagger.com/peak/rainier.htm > Of course we've been limiting the discussion to the lower 48... BC and Yukon have stuff that make the rockies look small, and then there's Denali: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/land/denali.html 18,000 ft more or less from the base to the peak, and its foothills dwarf the Sierra Nevada. That's big. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 07:21:26 -0700 >> From: "Kit McChesney" <kitmc@acmefoto.com> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] It's snowing! It's snowing! >> Message-ID: <200312091421.hB9ELZG18728@perch.serverhost.net> >> References: >> >> I stand corrected, Doug. Mt. Whitney is 14494. Colorado comes in second, >> with Mt. Elbert, at 14433. I meant that we had more higher mountains. We >> have 54 over 14,000 feet. California has "only" 15. (See me trying to save >> face? !!!) ;-) > > >> Kit >> - -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Doug Herr >> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:04 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] It's snowing! It's snowing! >> >> I seem to recall that Mt. Whitney in CA is the tallest in the lower 48. >> Y'all in the rockies sure have lots of the big ones, more than we on the >> left coast do. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html