[time-nuts] NPR Story I heard this morning
Lester Veenstra
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Tue Nov 4 16:56:29 EST 2014
And you can get a "I climbed Mt. Washington" sticker for your clock.
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-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of David McGaw
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 4:07 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NPR Story I heard this morning
The highest accessible peak in the Adirondacks I think would be
Whiteface at 4,867 ft, though that would be by ski lift and not all the
way to the top. The highest point accessible by car in the Northeast
would be Mt. Washington here in New Hampshire at 6288 ft. Hmm...
David
On 11/3/14 1:02 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
> xaos at darksmile.net said:
>> I was planning a similar trip from Astoria Queens, NYC which is sea level,
>> to Adirondack Mountains, upstate New York.
> You will need clocks that are better than Tom's. :)
>
> He parked at 5,000 feet. Do any roads go that high in the Adirondacks? How
> high can you park?
>
> What's the efficiency of the generator in a parked car compared to a portable
> generator? What's the right unit? kilo-watt-hours per gallon? How does a
> normal car compare to a hybrid?
>
>
>
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