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Layback Cascades Expatriate
Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 5712 | TRs | Pics Location: Back East |
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Layback
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Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:52 am
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That's a great photo Yukon - I agree it looks higher.
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strider Member
Joined: 24 Aug 2002 Posts: 464 | TRs | Pics Location: Silverdale |
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Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:20 pm
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Is that another 'balanced rock' on the peak in the distance?
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I've never been lost, but I'm frequently uncertain where my destination might be in relation to where I am at the moment....
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I've never been lost, but I'm frequently uncertain where my destination might be in relation to where I am at the moment....
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RelaxingDan Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2009 Posts: 1 | TRs | Pics Location: Yakima |
yukon222 wrote: | Here's a pic of the Balanced Rock from the south side (pic taken from the Teanaways). Seems to be a few feet higher.
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Very cool pic! Mine from the same area is not nearly as good (angle and clarity).
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Jeff R Closet hiker.
Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 972 | TRs | Pics Location: Everret |
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Jeff R
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:06 pm
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This should end all controversy. The summit is obviously higher.
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Jeff R Closet hiker.
Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 972 | TRs | Pics Location: Everret |
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Jeff R
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:08 pm
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This is should end all controversy. The balanced rock is higher.
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DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:18 pm
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Answer: It doesn't matter.
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Redwic Unlisted Free Agent
Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 3292 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to the Prom(inence) |
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:25 pm
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On my summit trip to Mount Stuart last month, via the Cascadian Couloir route, it initially looked like the "balanced rock" summit was higher (probably by virtue of our ascent angle and relative closeness to that point rather than the "main" summit). But then, as we neared the false summit of Mount Stuart, it began to appear more and more that the "main" summit of Sherpa Peak was actually slightly higher in elevation than the "balanced rock" summit. I recall Gimpilator and I discussing this very topic on the mountain that day. I might have even taken some photos of it, and will check later...
Keep in mind the angles of some of these photos. From the north side the "main" summit would probably look higher, and from the south side the "balanced rock" summit would probably look higher. Of course, the slightest slant of the camera would offset the reality, too. Both summits are close in height, that is for certain.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
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Yana Hater
Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 4212 | TRs | Pics Location: Out Hating |
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:28 pm
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Redwic wrote: | ... it began to appear more and more that the "main" summit of Sherpa Peak was actually higher in elevation than the balanced rock summit... |
Well, the "main" summit is closer to the summit of Mt. Stuart than the balanced rock, so that's not really surprising given their very similar heights.
PLAY SAFE! SKI ONLY IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION! LET'S ALL HAVE FUN TOGETHER!
PLAY SAFE! SKI ONLY IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION! LET'S ALL HAVE FUN TOGETHER!
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Randy Cube Rat
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 2910 | TRs | Pics Location: Near the Siamangs |
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:33 pm
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Nice Jeff.
If 3" seems significant to anyone, they have bigger problems to worry about.
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Yana Hater
Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 4212 | TRs | Pics Location: Out Hating |
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:35 pm
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Randy wrote: | If 3" seems significant to anyone... |
Oh, I think three inches is significant to many people.
PLAY SAFE! SKI ONLY IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION! LET'S ALL HAVE FUN TOGETHER!
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dicey custom title
Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 2869 | TRs | Pics Location: giving cornices a wider berth |
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:45 pm
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Hahahahahaha!
.....nevermind
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Randy Cube Rat
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 2910 | TRs | Pics Location: Near the Siamangs |
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:25 pm
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Good to know my attempt at emoticon-less humor is not lost on the two of you!
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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2652 | TRs | Pics Location: Right here. |
Wake me up when you have it figured out!
EDIT: Wow, we've got some freakin engineers on this site.
Jeff R's assessment seems fair and balanced though.
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yukon222 Member
Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 1894 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:54 pm
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Maybe the "main summit" is taller than the Balanced Rock after all!! Sure looks that way in the pic above.
Or maybe not!
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 5712 | TRs | Pics Location: Back East |
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Layback
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:38 pm
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I don't mean to be a total maxo-zoom-dweebie, but the problem with all of the photos in this thread is that the horizon line in all of the photos is subjectively established by the photographer. The only way that one could use a lens and a camera to establish which one is higher is to position a camera on a tripod with with a leveling system and force the image to be perfectly parallel to what gravity is able to establish as the horizon line (and even then there's probably a huge statistical margin of error).
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