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    Re: Old Style Lunar
    From: Victor Garand
    Date: 2005 Jan 11, 10:32 -0700

    Ken,
    The airport elevation at Rocky Mountain House, Alberta is 3,242 feet.
    
    Vic Garand
    53.314N  113.362 W
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Ken Muldrew" 
    To: 
    Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:35 AM
    Subject: Re: Old Style Lunar
    
    
    > On 11 Jan 2005 at 6:19, Jim Thompson wrote:
    >
    > > I lived just south of Rocky Mountain House for a decade.  What amazes me
    > > about these guys is that they could make those delicate observations
    amidst
    > > black flies, wasps, mosquitoes, cold weather, dampness, bears, and other
    > > misery; and lacking hospitals, trucks, electricity, computers,
    telephones,
    > > faxes, synthetic clothing, local shopping centers, and etc. (No
    relation,
    > > by the way.)
    >
    > I know what you mean. I tried taking a lunar this past spring when the
    > bugs were bad without using any DEET. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't
    > hold the sextant still long enough to get a good reading. Taking lunars at
    > -30?C is extremely uncomfortable, but it's still easier than trying it in
    > a swarm of mosquitoes.
    >
    > BTW, do you recall the altitude of Rocky? About 4000', I think?
    >
    > Ken Muldrew.
    >
    
    
    

       
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