[USMA:29143] Re: REI brochure

[G. Stanley Doore]

First, think in metric.   To relate metric with English units, think in terms of track where the 440 yards (quarter mile)  is now 400 meters, 880 yds is 800 m,  220 yds is 200 m, and 110 yds  is 100 m. etc.  An American football field length plus one end zone is 100 m.    Stan Doore .  ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Bushnell To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: [USMA:29133] Re: REI brochure Harry Wyeth wrote: I know many people involved in mountaineering and backpacking, and it is very difficult to get them to relate to metric heights.  We must admit that there is a certain ease to thinking of common backpacking elevations in units of even five hundred or a thousand feet.  Thus, it is easy to think "7000 feet, 7500 feet, 8000 feet" and so on.  On the other hand, the interval between, say, 2000 and 2500 m is rather large.   I wonder if anyone has a suggestion on how to deal with this problem.     HARRY WYETH HARRY WYETH If there are people from other countries who climb in some of the same areas that you do, you could ask them how they think of differences in elevation.  You could also look at books published in other countries. Helen