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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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