RE: [Philmont]: Daily Itinerary Mileage

Your distance using the planimeter is a horizontal distance and does not
measure the slope distance or in other words the ups and downs of the
terrain.

===== Original Message from philmont@troop47.com at 5/18/04 7:27 am
>Hello Group,
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>Can anyone tell me if there is a way to find out the daily mileage for an
>Itinerary? Our crew will have Trek 21 this summer which list at 64 miles.
>I've plotted the trek using the 2004 Itinerary Guide and used a planimeter
>to determine the distances. Even with the side hikes to Baldy and Hidden
>Valley, I only get 52.9 miles. I'm not sure what I'm missing, I shouldn't be
>17% off with my calculations.
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>Thanks in advance
>
>Yours in Scouting
>
>Thomas W. Brooks, Jr.
>Advisor Crew 90
>twbrooks@brooks-brooks.com
>www.bsatroop90.com
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Received on Tue May 18 08:09:05 2004