What's a Pace & Ryan C.
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Started on 2003-08-31
Re: What's a Pace & Ryan C.
From: (Doublesaj@aol.com) |
Date: 2003-08-31 02:06:55 UTC-04:00
In a message dated 8/30/2003 9:30:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lauren@webeans.net writes:
> *in general*, *on average*, do most of you consider a pace as 1
> footfall?
During the Civil War, the military designated a "pace" as 28 inches. Soldiers
were expected to practice and march at 28 inch paces, 90 per minute, for a
uniform display. If you measure heel to heel (or toe to toe) while walking, a
pace should be about that length.
Of course, this is not an accepted "rule" in letterboxing as there are no
hard and fast rules but this is what my Civil War buff husband (Old Blue) has
always used when we write clues.
Or, if you'd like to try another way to attempt to measure a pace (driving
yourself crazy in the process) try Ryan Carpenter's Applegate Rest Stop
Letterbox in Oregon!
~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
P24 F72 X2 V5 A14 HH2
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Re: [LbNA] Re: What's a Pace & Ryan C.
From: California Bear (californiabear@comcast.net) |
Date: 2003-08-31 08:31:42 UTC-07:00
----- Original Message -----
From: Doublesaj@aol.com
Subject: [LbNA] Re: What's a Pace & Ryan C.
Or, if you'd like to try another way to attempt to measure a pace (driving
yourself crazy in the process) try Ryan Carpenter's Applegate Rest Stop
Letterbox in Oregon!
Amen to that! I spent 90 minutes on that one and only got 1/3 of the way through. And if you want a REAL pace counting challenge, try counting paces while detouring around a parked car, around active sprinklers, around picnickers, etc. :P
Unfortunately, I had 3 other people sweltering in the car in temperatures above 95 degrees so I had to abandon my quest.
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[LbNA] Re: What's a Pace & Ryan C.
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-08-31 16:09:50 UTC
WHAT??? You didn't catch any poison oak looking for that one?
argh... Sometimes, I'm soooooo lucky! :( As for that LB, that's
why I nicknamed Ryan--'sadistic Ryan'!!! ;)
dvn2r ckr
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "California Bear"
wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doublesaj@a...
> Subject: [LbNA] Re: What's a Pace & Ryan C.
>
>
> Or, if you'd like to try another way to attempt to measure a
pace (driving
> yourself crazy in the process) try Ryan Carpenter's Applegate
Rest Stop
> Letterbox in Oregon!
>
>
> Amen to that! I spent 90 minutes on that one and only got 1/3 of
the way through. And if you want a REAL pace counting challenge,
try counting paces while detouring around a parked car, around
active sprinklers, around picnickers, etc. :P
>
> Unfortunately, I had 3 other people sweltering in the car in
temperatures above 95 degrees so I had to abandon my quest.
argh... Sometimes, I'm soooooo lucky! :( As for that LB, that's
why I nicknamed Ryan--'sadistic Ryan'!!! ;)
dvn2r ckr
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "California Bear"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doublesaj@a...
> Subject: [LbNA] Re: What's a Pace & Ryan C.
>
>
> Or, if you'd like to try another way to attempt to measure a
pace (driving
> yourself crazy in the process) try Ryan Carpenter's Applegate
Rest Stop
> Letterbox in Oregon!
>
>
> Amen to that! I spent 90 minutes on that one and only got 1/3 of
the way through. And if you want a REAL pace counting challenge,
try counting paces while detouring around a parked car, around
active sprinklers, around picnickers, etc. :P
>
> Unfortunately, I had 3 other people sweltering in the car in
temperatures above 95 degrees so I had to abandon my quest.