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Tony Raven
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Ace <[email protected]> wrote in news:8ktsd35r1us5kqm3b8rgbc2gtllb1uimi5@
4ax.com:
> On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:18:13 +0100, Peter Clinch
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> [...]
>
> Same happens in skiing - many people will overestimate the angle of
> slope they've just skied, and the main reason isn't one of boasting,
> but just that it _feels_ like that. In practice, marked runs over
> 40degrees are very rare, although I know a couple that I have
> personally measured at 42=43deg. I have a clinometer needle on my
> compass which can amuse or embarrass folk who will insist that the
> slope's steeper than it really is.
Saudan's Couloir/Couloir Extreme in Blackcomb is reputedly 50 degrees and a
marked double diamond run. It feels vertical but they run an annual GS
race down it.
--
Tony
" I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
Bertrand Russell
4ax.com:
> On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:18:13 +0100, Peter Clinch
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> [...]
>
> Same happens in skiing - many people will overestimate the angle of
> slope they've just skied, and the main reason isn't one of boasting,
> but just that it _feels_ like that. In practice, marked runs over
> 40degrees are very rare, although I know a couple that I have
> personally measured at 42=43deg. I have a clinometer needle on my
> compass which can amuse or embarrass folk who will insist that the
> slope's steeper than it really is.
Saudan's Couloir/Couloir Extreme in Blackcomb is reputedly 50 degrees and a
marked double diamond run. It feels vertical but they run an annual GS
race down it.
--
Tony
" I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
Bertrand Russell