Comments on: Question about Slant Rock http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/2010/01/28/question-about-slant-rock/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tyler (ADK88) http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/2010/01/28/question-about-slant-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Tyler (ADK88) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:52:45 +0000 http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/?p=945#comment-1424 Ok, that makes sense. I can't say that I use a compass when I hike on trails either :) Enjoy the rest of your winter! Ok, that makes sense. I can’t say that I use a compass when I hike on trails either :)

Enjoy the rest of your winter!

]]> By: Lou Silver http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/2010/01/28/question-about-slant-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Lou Silver Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:03:44 +0000 http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/?p=945#comment-1423 We had a compass a GPS and the trail map but never dug it out since we weren't doing any trailess stuff. Pretty silly not to have. Thanks Lou We had a compass a GPS and the trail map but never dug it out since we weren’t doing any trailess stuff. Pretty silly not to have.

Thanks

Lou

]]> By: Tyler (ADK88) http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/2010/01/28/question-about-slant-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 Tyler (ADK88) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:12:20 +0000 http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/?p=945#comment-1411 It faces South, more or less, and looks almost directly at Basin Mountain (a little bit Southeast). I could see somebody thinking that they were looking at Saddleback if they just judged by the map. Point Balk on the shoulder of Little Marcy is also visible towards Southwest. You guys didn't have a compass? Oh, and here is a video from Slant Rock that I found. You can see Basin though the trees, and if you hike the .1 or so miles up to the lean-to, you get a much better view of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFGyOcfrEk It faces South, more or less, and looks almost directly at Basin Mountain (a little bit Southeast). I could see somebody thinking that they were looking at Saddleback if they just judged by the map. Point Balk on the shoulder of Little Marcy is also visible towards Southwest.

You guys didn’t have a compass?

Oh, and here is a video from Slant Rock that I found. You can see Basin though the trees, and if you hike the .1 or so miles up to the lean-to, you get a much better view of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFGyOcfrEk

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