Measure Of A Mountain

Measure Of A Mountain - Mt Logan

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2 жыл бұрын

note: no sound from 2:14 - 3:26. In 1992, a team backed by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society became the first to measure the height of Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak, using a GPS instrument.
I was hired to shoot the cover story for Canadian Geographic magazine, and the mountain footage for this TV Ontario program. I thoroughly enjoyed my time on the mountain with mountain guide friends Karl Nagy, Sue Gould, Roger Laurilla and the scientists tasked with the elevation measurements using a primitive (by 1992 standards) GPS system that we hauled to the top of Canada.
See expedition leader Michael Schmidt's story in the magazine at www.canadiangeographic.ca/art...

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@jimsmith1166 2 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting story of measuring the height of Mt. Logan Pat. I'm glad you were the official photographer on that scientific expedition. As usual, you produced some very good video of the whole endeavor. Ha, I'm surprised that Canada didn't know the height of its highest mountain.

@PatMorrow 2 жыл бұрын

thanks Jim - Gerry Holdsworth had measured Logan's height three or four decades before with GPS instruments, and using traditional trigonometric calculations came within less than a meter of our results. One thing that hasn't changed over time is that the elements are harsh and the landscape stunningly beautiful.