Dechristo Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 plumb forgot aboot the top-o'-page snaffle tradition. Quote
sobo Posted November 11, 2011 Author Posted November 11, 2011 It died out some time back, but it's been making a resurgence in the last day or so. So HAWT right now... Quote
sobo Posted November 11, 2011 Author Posted November 11, 2011 rather, "post"?Yup. Default preferences are set up to show 25 posts per page. Every multiple of 25 gets you a new opportunity. Quote
sobo Posted November 11, 2011 Author Posted November 11, 2011 You can get that when you've lost your way. Or forgotten your MLU... Quote
rob Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 The magic of this event can be enjoyed again and again, but only for up to twelve times. The event is unique to each time zone, but only for 12 hours when the entire globe is considered. This is because the time difference between any two adipodes is only one half of a day. Therefore, were we able to travel fast enough, we would only be able to experience the joy of this event for a maximum of twelve times. How fast would one need to travel to enjoy this event repetitively? Why, that depends upon your latitude. If you're at the equator, you would need to travel faster than if you were at one of the poles. Although the degrees of longitude to be traveled would be the same every hour (360/24=15), the nautical mileage (or statute, whichever you prefer) would be different, in relation to where you are on the latitude line.  Say that you are very near either of the poles. All that would be required of you would be to take a step around the pole in a very small circle every hour to relish this momentous occasion again and again. Now picture yourself at the equator. In order to cover that same 15 degrees of longitude in one hour, you would have to travel 22,000 miles/360 degrees * 15 degrees = ~917 miles. So if you were flying in a fighter aircraft, you could easily accomplish this, with enough fuel and/or mid-air refueling operations. Of course, you would want to fly as low as possible to reduce the total mileage traveled, which would consume fuel faster than if you were flying at a higher ceiling, where the jet's turbofan engines are more efficient. But that's a whole other discussion...  What direction would you travel? That's easy. Since more eastern time zones experience any point in the day sooner than more westward time zones, one would have to travel from east to west (since you cannot easily travel back in time with our current technology). Take, for example, a sunrise in New York City... It is still before dawn in Detroit. It is two hours before dawn in Denver. It is three hours before dawn in Seattle. So in order to witness the sunrise in all of these places, one would need to travel the breadth of each of those intervening time zones in no more than one hour. By the same reasoning, you would have to do the same thing (move east to west) to enjoy the 11:11:11, 11/11/11 repeatedly.  How would you have to do it if you wanted to score 11:11:11 am AND pm? Quote
sobo Posted November 11, 2011 Author Posted November 11, 2011 Just wait 12 hours after you've made your first twelve repeats, once it has become night. Same direction, same speed. Except it doesn't really "count" once you pass 11:11:11 "am", cuz that whole "am" "pm" thing is horseshit. Sticking to a 24-hour (often referred to as military time) format only allows this to occur for half the day. 11:11:11 "pm" is really just 2311:11. It's just not the same as in the morning... Â No wait, you've already burned up the 12 hours that you'd have to wait if you were not flying around the earth at 917 mph. So if you were in flight for the first 12 hours, you would just keep right on going past the 12th iteration until you hit #24. Oh, shit, I don't know... Â Fuck it! Have you bought that damned longitude book yet? Quote
AlpineK Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 plumb forgot aboot the top-o'-page snaffle tradition. Â You just need to keep this going and try for pagetop 11 Quote
ivan Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 arrived at the dynamite cave p-lot at 11:11 on 11/11/11 - all told, we had a baker's 11 in the hole that day excellent weather for mucking about underground this weekend! Quote
ivan Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 Where is this? full 4 part harmony and precious prose available at: http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1042765/Re_TR_Dynaaaamiiite_Cave_A_Bak#Post1042765 Quote
sobo Posted November 14, 2011 Author Posted November 14, 2011 With shovels and rakes and implements of destruction...?? Â Just read yer TR and watched SteveTT's vid. Nice. Pretty interesting anchor set-up at 4:02 in his vid... Quote
ivan Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 With shovels and rakes and implements of destruction...?? i woulda advocated their inclusion if'n steve had driven his rape-van n' we'd had the space Quote
sobo Posted November 14, 2011 Author Posted November 14, 2011 Caving in the Old Dominion was what led me to climbering over 25 years ago. Â Caving in the karst of the OD and neighboring WV was damn cold, wet, and muddy, to the point of requiring wetsuits for some caves. By some of yer pics, it looked to be dry and warm in Dynamite Cave. Is that so? Quote
ivan Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 Caving in the Old Dominion was what led me to climbering over 25 years ago. Caving in the karst of the OD and neighboring WV was damn cold, wet, and muddy, to the point of requiring wetsuits for some caves. By some of yer pics, it looked to be dry and warm in Dynamite Cave. Is that so? yeah, that thing is tiiiiits! (well, in comparision to the deadhorse cave - it is of course chilly like all caves, and it's dampish and humid, but unlike the deadhorse there are no huge puddles, roaring rivers, etc. to fuck with) - strong recommendation! spending a night down there would be particularily badass! Quote
rob Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 spending a night down there would be particularily badass! Â but, won't the mud men get you? Quote
ivan Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 spending a night down there would be particularily badass! Â but, won't the mud men get you? i have nothing to fear, for even mud men have standards Quote
sobo Posted November 14, 2011 Author Posted November 14, 2011 And ye be below them. Arrrrrrrrrgh... Quote
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