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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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