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Digest #5237
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Alaska in mid-May by "Coby King" cobyking
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Re: Alaska in mid-May by "David Sanger" davidsangerphotography
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Re: Alaska in mid-May by "Coby King" cobyking
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24 hours in Alaska. by
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Re: 24 hours in Alaska. by "Coby King" cobyking
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Re: Solar Eclipse 8-21-17 by "Chris Anderson" cja31497
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Re: Solar Eclipse 8-21-17 by "xander Carlson" xandathor

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Alaska in mid-May
Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:52 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Coby King" cobyking
Hi all:

Good morning from California.

I have a two=part question for those of you with Alaska experience.

If I had 24 hours in Anchorage in mid-May, are there any cohp or prominence day hikes I could accomplish in that time period? What if I had 48 hours? I have a fair amount of snow and ice experience, but would be solo, so don't want anything too hairy.

Thanks,

Coby

Coby King
310-489-3280

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Re: Alaska in mid-May
Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:58 am (PST) . Posted by:
"David Sanger" davidsangerphotography
Lists of John shows 404 peaks in Anchorage Borough

http://www.listsofjohn.com/searchres?sort=&c=3119
http://www.listsofjohn.com/ctymap?c=3119&p=a

with 100 of them reported climbed

http://www.listsofjohn.com/mostclimbed?c=3119&state=AK&d=

and 11 have been climbed in May

http://www.listsofjohn.com/mostclimbed?c=3119&state=AK&d=&month=05

david sanger photography llc
travel :: stock :: photography :: technology :: media
updates at www.davidsanger.com
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m 510-526-2800

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Coby King cobyk@cobyking.com [cohp] <
cohp@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> prominence day hikes I could accomplish in that time period? What if I had
> 48 hours? I have a fair amount of snow and ice experience, but would be
> solo, so dont want anything too hairy.
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> *Coby King*
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Re: Alaska in mid-May
Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:10 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Coby King" cobyking
Thanks, David  time to plow through them.


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Lists of John shows 404 peaks in Anchorage Borough

http://www.listsofjohn.com/searchres?sort=&c=3119
http://www.listsofjohn.com/ctymap?c=3119&p=a

with 100 of them reported climbed

http://www.listsofjohn.com/mostclimbed?c=3119&state=AK&d=

and 11 have been climbed in May

http://www.listsofjohn.com/mostclimbed?c=3119&state=AK&d=&month=05




david sanger photography llc
travel :: stock :: photography :: technology :: media
updates at www.davidsanger.com<http://www.davidsanger.com>
t 510-526-0800
m 510-526-2800

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Coby King cobyk@cobyking.com<mailto:cobyk@cobyking.com> [cohp] <cohp@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cohp@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:

Hi all:

Good morning from California.

I have a two=part question for those of you with Alaska experience.

If I had 24 hours in Anchorage in mid-May, are there any cohp or prominence day hikes I could accomplish in that time period? What if I had 48 hours? I have a fair amount of snow and ice experience, but would be solo, so dont want anything too hairy.

Thanks,

Coby

Coby King
310-489-3280<tel:310-489-3280>



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24 hours in Alaska.
Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:04 am (PST) . Posted by:
Coby,

24 hours in Alaska? I guess you could take a stab at Denali since Kilian Jornet did it in 11:48 roundtrip. It's gotta be easy.

Jobe Wymore

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Re: 24 hours in Alaska.
Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:09 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Coby King" cobyking
Meet you at the trailhead, Jobe!


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Subject: [cohp] 24 hours in Alaska.



Coby,

24 hours in Alaska? I guess you could take a stab at Denali since Kilian Jornet did it in 11:48 roundtrip. It's gotta be easy.

Jobe Wymore

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Re: Solar Eclipse 8-21-17
Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:05 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Chris Anderson" cja31497
doug72901 wrote:

> I will try for Taum Sauk. Although it is only 99.9% I will count it
as total. I mean I would have been happy with 99.9% of the
Powerball--who is going to quibble over 0.01%?

I'm here to quibble. :)

First off, it's 0.1% less than total at Taum Sauk, not 0.01%.

Second, and most importantly, seeing a 99.9% partial eclipse is FAR
short of what you'll see from the center line of the shadow path. The
PowerBall analogy is not a good one, because there are things you will
see during a total solar eclipse that you simply will not see at all
(not "see all but 0.1% of") from Taum Sauk:
1. The sun's innermost atmosphere (the corona) is only visible during
(and for a very brief time before and after) totality, and never under
any other circumstances, period! It appears as pearly streamers
extending radially from the sun's obscured (black) disk.
2. Solar prominences (plasma eruptions) may appear as tiny, bright red
"tongues of flame" peeking out from the hidden sun's edge. (There's no
guarantee this far out, since they come and go on timescales of hours to
days, but they are too dim to compete with even 0.1% of the sun's glare.
3. Stars and bright planets will become visible in the darkened sky.
You might see Venus, maybe Jupiter, but probably not much else (Venus,
Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, and several bright stars will likely be visible
to those in the full shadow).
4. Rippling "shadow bands" appear on flat surfaces near the ground in
the moments immediately before and after totality.
5. Just before (and just after) the sun is completely obscured, sunlight
peeks through low spots (canyons and valleys) along the moon's edge,
producing a "string of pearls" effect known as "Baily&#39;s Beads." The
final/initial "bead," combined with the appearance of the corona,
creates a "diamond ring" at totality's beginning/end.
6. During the entire duration of totality, you can safely look directly
at the eclipsed sun without filters. Doing that, even at maximum
eclipse at Taum Sauk, will be inviting permanent eye damage.

I'm really not trying to be rude, but ask any astronomer about the
wisdom of opting out of totality when it's going on just a few miles
away, and they will probably ask if you've lost your mind. If I haven't
made my point already, consider that hotels along the entire path of
totality are already booked up around the eclipse, and have been since
last summer, with people coming literally from the opposite side of the
planet to see it. (If someone gave you Superbowl tickets, would you opt
to sit in the parking lot during the game?)

To paraphrase nj55er, the high point isn't going anywhere, but if you
miss totality, you either have a long wait (the next total solar eclipse
in the Contiguous 48 States won't be until 2024, along a narrow path
from Texas to Maine, during April, when the chances of being clouded out
are much higher), or a shorter wait with some much more
serious/expensive travel to get there (the next total solar eclipse
after 2017 will be in July, 2019, across the Southeastern Pacific Ocean,
Chile, and Argentina) before the next opportunity.

So, I hope I haven't caused offense, but honestly, I'd rather offend you
if doing so convinces you to get to the center line and have this
amazing, unforgettable experience, than to be less vociferous and have
you spend years afterwards regretting it when others tell you what an
awesome thing you missed--by choice.

Chris Anderson
49 State Highpoints
Idaho Completer #6

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Re: Solar Eclipse 8-21-17
Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:07 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"xander Carlson" xandathor
I think I've picked out a decent spot. I want a nice cohp that is also remote. I don't want a crowd of people screaming and whooping like someone from their favorite team scored a touchdown. I also want to have remote roads that I can get onto the day of the event so that I can manage to tack on 6 hours or more of driving on relatively clear roads (I would suspect that everyone lining up to see this thing in one spot would clog the road rushing to get to a clear zone if cloudy).

So my choice will be the Cherry County Nebraska highpoint. It's on public land, no trees to obscure a view, no mountain to be stuck on in case of bad weather, no major cities nearby to bring more people and good highways (but not interstates) leading to the east or the west. If it's cloudy to the west I can easily move 6 hours south east, and likewise move 6 hours to the northwest if it's cloudy to the east.

I would love to try an attempt at Gannett Peak as it crosses the path on its southern edge, but there's just too much risk being put on one spot that could easily cloud over (even though 11:35 in August should be ok at that point in the day). Others in Wyoming I looked at were Natrona County and Warbonnet Peak. But those have the same issues with an late morning cloud build up coming in.

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