Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:45:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Just when you think...
Comments: To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>
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That's just a grade - real mountains need 2nd gear!  ;)

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:54 AM, 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!!!
>
> 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
>>>
>>


--
Jake

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