---- Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET> wrote: > ...If it makes our 2.1WBX's downshift into 3rd gear, then that's MY > definition of a mountain!!! Well then, there are far more mountains than the maps show. > > DM&FS > > At 09:04 AM 2/28/2011, Mark L. Hineline wrote: > >Well, hmm, technically the Black Mountains of N. Carolina have a > >couple higher peaks. The White Mountains of NH are quite a bit more > >rugged, as is Katahdin in Maine. > > > >But yes, the Smokies certainly are mountains, real mountains, in all > >senses of the word, and deserve plenty of respect. > > > >Mark > > > > > > > >On Feb 28, 2011, at 6:51 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > > > >>---- Rowan Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG> wrote: > >>>My wife and I were in the Synco at the top of a mountain (or what > >>>they call a mountain here in the Smokies) > >> > >>The Smokies are pretty good mountains. They meet the geological > >>definition (consist of a geosyncline), and they are the tallest and > >>most rugged in the East. Lots of ranges worldwide have less local > >>relief than the Smokies and are called mountains. Doesn't have to > >>be Denali to be a mountain. mcneely -- David McNeely |
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