Re: exposure difficulties

From: Douglas Seay <douglas.seay_at_...>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:42:24 -0400


KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...> wrote:
>
> I wrote:
> >
> > I saw that surviving full winter in Dragon Pass is 5w3 and Molten Iron
> > is 10w4 (or something like that, my book is at home). That seems kinda
> > close to me. Calling Carmania 12w3 and Valind's Glacier 18w3 just don't
> > seem fair. They are both much colder than Dragon Pass. But I don't
> > think that either of them compare to molten metal. Am I getting wrapped
> > up in details again? It certainly wouldn't be the first time.

First comment: I screwed up those numbers, they should all be a magnitude higher. But my point was not the absolute values, just the delta between Dragon Pass and molten iron doesn't seem far enough.

> If Dragon Pass (which is about 4-5 thoussand feet up_ is anything like
> being in Denver in the middle of winter, I for one will not leave
> outside.

When I lived near Grenoble (French Alps) I learned a bit about cold winters too, although just about everyone there lives in the valleys (under 500m/1500ft). Maybe this is part of the reason I'm back in warm North Carolina at a comfortable 350ft.

> As to the Glacier -- I spent a winter working as a field geologist up in
> the Arctic. YOu did not leave the shelter of the camp, the wind breaks
> or the drill shack.

Which is why I've never been on a glacier, especially not in winter.

What got me going down this path was the difference (5w or so) from DP and Iron seemed small. Carmania is listed as cold. I think I read (fan material, no doubt) that Carmania has snow 45% of the year, and was closer to 60% before the Lunars started attacking Valind. (I think that Carmania qualifies as Sub-Artic, although I have no idea what the actual definition of that would be.) Shouldn't Carmania be worse than Dragon Pass? Shouldn't Valind's Glacier be worse still? And shouldn't being put in molten iron be yet another step up? I just think that a total of 5w means those steps will be baby steps.

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Douglas Seay			Marconi Communications - RTP, NC, USA
douglas.seay_at_...	iFLX development

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