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| fabrizior | Geology | |
Voted 10/10 | Very interesting also for geological notes. F | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2008 6:31 am | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: Geology | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks -- when you know the history, you see a lot more. | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2008 2:29 pm | ||
| Bob Sihler | Wow | |
Voted 10/10 | You really knocked yourself out on this one. It belongs on the front page, and I'm recommending it on the thread for that. Great job. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2008 9:58 pm | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: Wow | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks, I try, but it's not a really popular area. Though Lake Mead mts. probably got some snow last night, there are no glaciers! ;^) It may be the last page I write for a while. I'm just at odds with the one-mountain-one-page format for these little guys; I need a cathartic theme. About a year ago I started a page for my favorite nearby area, La Madre range west of my house -- I've done about 15 wild "hikes" in that area. In short, it's just hard to get up the gumption to finish a multi-hike entry, when I do pretty much the same stuff for my local trip reports anyway, and people end up e-mailing me for GPS tracks, anyway. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2008 11:03 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | Beautiful Job! | |
Voted 10/10 | Thorough and interesting. Utah is awesome! Cool place I'll need to check out some day. Nice job, Moapa! | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2008 11:04 pm | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: Beautiful Job! | |
Hasn't voted | Utah is awesome, I'd agree (I'm just 160 miles from Zion) -- but the paleovolcano is in Nevada! | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2008 2:15 am | ||
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| Aaron Johnson | Re: Beautiful Job! | |
Voted 10/10 | I meant to type Nevada! Sheesh. I do that often when discussing desert locales with folks. I often do the same thing when talking about "The Wave." | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2008 8:00 pm | ||
| reinhard2 | A really interesting | |
Voted 10/10 | and complete geological record! | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2008 12:12 pm | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: A really interesting | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks, I try. It adds a lot to know what you are looking at. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2008 12:04 am | ||
| WoundedKnee | Way cool page | |
Voted 10/10 | I love it when other science geeks show their passion for what they do. I certainly learned a lot from this page. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2008 9:48 am | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: Way cool page | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks -- it's not my vocation, but geology is a vocational hazard. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2008 11:16 am | ||
| Day Hiker | Not Enough Info | |
Voted 10/10 | This page needs more information. As it stands now, it probably only takes 3 or 4 hours to load, for people with dial-up. I voted 10, but note that this is binary 10. If more information is added, I will vote decimal 10. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2008 5:38 pm | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: Not Enough Info | |
Hasn't voted | I agree. I'm going to extend the geohistory from nucleosynthesis forward, and add a section on the relevance to the Franco-Prussian war. I think I may put back the section on Djibouti (there actually was -- no sh*t -- a section on Djibouti). By the way, is that binary score in big-endian format, or little-endian? Judging by your profile picture, I'm guessing big-endian. Ha ha, just being cheeky. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2008 5:47 pm | ||
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| Day Hiker | Re: Not Enough Info | |
Voted 10/10 | "Does this canyon make my ass look fat?" I would try to say the size is an illusion caused by the narrow canyon. But this is not even the narrow part. I don't know if I set the size record for the Main Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, but I do know I exceeded the recommended 180-pound size limit when I was only 15 years old! Definitely big-endian. And somehow there is also a joke in there about the most-significant bite being first. | |
| Posted Feb 5, 2008 4:33 am | ||
| lcarreau | I basically | |
Voted 10/10 | don't know what you guys are talking about. I recently had Sp-member Tracy introduce me to the Cleopatra/Cottonwood Springs area. I was observing the scenery from the ridgetop, and Tracy continued to the top of Hamblin. We were in agreement that a future hike would be more time-efficient by going directly up the secondary wash towards the base of Hamblin. Then, you can follow 'switch-backing' game trails up to the summit. - Larry (There's water showing in the spring, by the way!) | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2008 6:30 pm | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: I basically | |
Hasn't voted | There are lots of ways up Hamblin! You really don't need too many directions, since you can see the mountain from the road and the hardest route is class 2. However, some approaches have a lot more loose rock. For this summary, I took a GPS log for a route that I knew "worked". Part of the goal was to use more distance to lessen the grade; another was to stay on ridges most of the time, rather than in washes. Most people are happier when they can see where they are. Another local group goes farther up Cottonwood Wash before heading W. It's pretty hard to make a "mistake" on Hamblin! As for the strange conversation above -- Day Hiker and I have dry and edgy senses of humor. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2008 3:29 pm | ||
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| lcarreau | Re: Well... | |
Voted 10/10 | You apparently have the information and knowledge put together. I appreciate the information that you are gathering for us. I didn't even know there was a paleovolcano out there, until I saw Tracy ... then he turned me ON to your page. I need to do some more exploring AROUND in that area. Take care of yourself! (Thanks for the information and maps!) - Larry | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2008 6:01 pm | ||
| SusanM | Almost | |
Voted 10/10 | fell off my chair laughing at those comments, you guys are too much!! I think this was the most detailed page in SP history! | |
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