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>>>>> "Larry" == Larry Caldwell <larryc@teleport.com> writes:

Russell> Jesus Larry, did you every hear of Marys Peak?  Are you from
Russell> around here?

Larry> I've heard of it.  Frankly, I've never climbed either Mary's
Larry> Peak or Saddle Mountain, though MP was a favorite frat kegger
Larry> site when I was in college.

I apologize for embarrassing you publicly, but frankly I expected that
you would know this intuitively, being a ruralite from downstate.  You
gave an answer that betrayed a Portlandite/Sunset Highway bias.  This
surprised me.

I have climbed Saddle Mountain several times.  I have never climbed
Marys Peak, since someone has conveniently provided a road nearly to
the top (just to mix threads a little, I recall on one visit to MP,
circa 1990, I observed a coyote in the large meadow near the parking
lot).  I didn't see any beer drinking, so it must not have been
`native' at that time (i.e., I didn't see any, so it must not have
existed).  There are spectacular views from both peaks.

Larry> What I love about you experts is that you never manage to share
Larry> any of your far flung knowledge.  Why don't you show us how
Larry> much you know and give the elevations, if you think it's
Larry> important?

You provided information that I knew to be false to an audience that
might not know any better.  I provided a pointer for you and others,
so that you could look it up yourselves, if interested.

However, if you insist.  The only reference that I have at hand, a
Rand-McNally highway map of Oregon, indicates the elevation of Marys
Peak as 4097 feet, and indicates in red letters that it is the highest
peak in the Coast Range.  Commencing at about the latitude of Coos Bay
and extending southward, the map indicates that the mountains become
known as the Klamath Mountains, and include higher peaks, such as
Brandy Peak at 5316 feet, near the Rogue River northwest of Grants
Pass.  The map shows Saddle Mountain as a State Park in Clatsop
County, but does not bother to indicate its height.  The fine volume,
Oregon Geographic Names ought to provide authoritative information on
the subject.

-- 
Russell Senior
seniorr@teleport.com