[at-l] Measuring Wheels

[Walt Daniels]

The NYNJTC has been measuring trails with wheels for more than 50 years. One
of our archival objects is an early wheel made from a bicycle wheel. We have
one with steel pegs that is good in the snow and ice, but a pain in fall
leaves as it picks them all up. 

-----Original Message-----
From: at-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:at-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On
Behalf Of Pete Randrup
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:37 PM
To: at-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] Measuring Wheels

Jim --

A gal out in Washington State, Bette Filley, did that.  She was sure that
the generally regarded distances were incorrect, so she grabbed her kids and
a measuring wheel and did a check on the trails of Mount Rainier.  She wrote
the definitive book on the mountain, published about 12-yrs. ago, and still
on the shelves of your neighborhood book seller, or on the web at Alibris
and Amazon.

Read recently that a part of the AT was measure thusly too.
Can't remember the source though.


Best to you,

Pete Randrup
"Dewdrop"

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On Feb 13, 2007, at 9:31, Jim Lynch wrote:

> Has anyone used a measuring wheel to measure distances on trails?  Any 
> recommendations?  thnx!
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