SEP-A-8
AND, NOW, THE “SKY IS THE
LIMIT”,
AS I PLOT OUT THE OTHER LONG
REMOTE TREKS
I HAVE MADE FOR GIS MAPPING
OF THE GPS DATA
I HAVE GATHERED IN
ASIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA,
ALASKA, ANTARCTICA,
AND MOUNTAIN TREKS
USA—ROCKIES, SIERRAS, CUMBERLAND
From: Glenn Geelhoed
To: "ksadighi@berkshire.rr.com".IA4GW.Harper
Date: 9/4/02 8:13AM
Subject: Re: first stab
On the subject of "not
holding my breath," I not only
sent you immediately the log of the Lingshed Trek, but also started thinking of
the other major treks I had patterned with my GPS numbers of Altitude,
Latitude, and Longitude (both on the Magellan and on the Garmin)
I did an extensive Trek
(twice, in 1999 and 2002) on the Everest Route in Nepal.
I trekked the entire Inca
Trail in Peru
I hiked the John Muir Trail
in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
Then I thought of something
far more useful:
The Capital Peak landmarks
of the White River National Forest outside Vail where we go Elk Hunting in the
Rockies every year.
Cumberland Island Wilderness
National park where we go hog hunting each January‑‑‑and I
just put in Gene Curletti's name for this Jan 6‑‑8.
If I could get a GIS data
base for these places over which I have crawled with such first degreee
intimacy, it would be wonderful!
So, forgive me for not holding
my breath--I immediately sent you a letter with all these data points on my
careful "mapping" of thes exotic wilderness destinations.
Now, you have got me started in seeing the GIS possibilities of many,
if not most‑‑of my remote destinations--eg, Assa, Congo, for instance,
all GPS data points are available for that location in the back of the book
you have‑‑"Out of Assa: Heart of the Congo."
Of course, there is also the
Antarctic, Mindanao, Philippines, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Alaska,
Kazakstan, Kamchatka‑‑etc!
Almost every exotic location I have been in the last six years since I
have been packing GPS data gathering devices!
Cheers!
GWG
>>> "Kay
Sadighi" <ksadighi@berkshire.rr.com> 09/04/02 12:02AM >>>
i just logged in the
first four points on one of your lists...have a tough time reading your writing..if
this comes close at all, i will see about getting Digital Elevation map as
suggested by the GIS guru.