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Postby John Kirk » Mon May 09, 2005 4:16 pm

The 'Big' Peaks of the lower 48:

http://listsofjohn.com/USPro/USProIndex.php

Enjoy!
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"lower" 48

Postby Layne Bracy » Mon May 09, 2005 5:27 pm

I wonder why this term came about? Perhaps in that brief interval when there were 49 states: Alaska(upper/most northern) and the other 48(all lower/southern to Alaska).

With the addition of Hawaii, there are now 50 states: Alaska(upper/most northern), Hawaii(lowest/most southern), and 48 in the middle. Yet we continue to call them the "lower" 48.

"Contiguous" is more accurate than lower, although there are plenty of non-contiguous land portions. I don't like "continental" either, since Alaska is part of the continent, too.

I guess "middle 48" just doesn't sound catchy enough! Maybe "eastern" 48 works, aside from the portions of Alaska in the eastern hemisphere. :roll:
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Postby John Kirk » Mon May 09, 2005 8:35 pm

I agree that lower 48 is problematic - I don't use the phrase anywhere in the member areas, and use the more representative 'contiguous' for my own sanity Image.
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Postby John Kirk » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:11 pm

Consider this area now the 2,000' Prominence Area:

US 2K Prominence Peaks!
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Postby RyanSchilling » Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:33 pm

Excellent work, John, and very sleek how you imported our information from the other lists, like the county HPs.

I never knew that Nevada had the most 2K' peaks! My guess was California.
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Postby John Kirk » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:51 pm

Aaron M's map demonstrates well how crammed with peaks the whole state is
http://peaklist.org/USmaps/nevadasummits.gif

Ranges, ranges, and more ranges. I don't think there's a shortage of peaks to bag climb there.
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