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Re: Mt Rainier Support?



* Brian Nelson (nelson@bignachos.com) wrote:
> Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:50:55AM +1030, David Purton wrote:
> >> I just bought a swish new cd-writer which claims to have Mt Rainier
> >> support. Does anyone know of some good docs to get this working under
> >> linux?
> >
> > What's the non-buzzword name for this?  Bout as much as I know about
> > Mt. Rainier is that it's a volcano you can see from Portland on a
> > "five mountain" or better (ie, clear enough with just enough heat
> > distortion that you can see five or more mountain peaks when it should
> > only be possible to see two from Portland vantage-points) day.
> 
> On some days, you can see Mt. Rainier from Portland?  Holy crap, that's
> cool.  I don't think we can ever see Mt. Hood from Seattle...
> 
Actually, on a really clear day, you can see Mt. Rainier from
Victoria.  And then there were several days where I saw Mt. St. Helens over
my head, and not much else, but that's another story...

Cam

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