Date:         Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:37:52 -0400
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Has any Diesel Vanagon ever climbed Mt. Washington?
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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The Mount Washington in New Hampshire is famous for having the absolute
worst winter weather of any inhabited place on earth (except perhaps the
S. Pole, but the highest recorded wind speed of 237 mph occurred on
Mount Washington).  The weather observatory there is buried in snow and
rime for a good part of the year.  Google it, it's worth knowing about.

Dave Mc


On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:

> "The" Mount Washington is in New Hampshire, and is the home of the
> famous
> cog railway.  Cogs are required because the gradient is so steep that
> the
> normal steel wheel to steel track would not provide enough grip to
> climb (or
> descend) the grade.
>
> Not to disparage your Mt Washington, of course.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Roger Whittaker
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:04 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Has any Diesel Vanagon ever climbed Mt. Washington?
>
> dear hill climber with smoke
> where is the mount washington you speak of
> i live across the strait from mount washington ...
> http://www.discovermountwashington.com/
> and google maps list 9 such places ...
> called mount washington
> yours
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:45 AM, roger sisler
> wrote:
>
>> Did you get the requisite bumper sticker? How did it go? Are you
>> still at
>> it? Did you ever get out of first gear? Did hikers pass you? Tell us
>> your
>> story.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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