cointyro
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Anyone here read "Flight of Passage" by Rinker Buck?
So my question is this: they "cross the Rockies" at Guadalupe Pass, which they say is 9,000 feet (USRoute 61 / 180, about 60 miles directly east of El Paso). And they had a heck of a time doing it. Doesn't seem very safe.
Then I got wondering - I've crossed the continental divide several times driving along I-10. I looked it up and the I-10 highest altitude "crossing the Rockies" (or whats left of them as they peter out darn near the Mexican border) is entirely unremarkable - about 4,800 feet.
Do you guys have any idea why they didn't just deviate south about 100 miles (air distance from the Guadalupes to I-10 I believe) and save themselves the 9,000 feet trouble?
As I recall, I-10 just goes over a high plain in the continental divide area - you wouldn't even know you're "crossing the Rockies" if there wasn't a sign.
So my question is this: they "cross the Rockies" at Guadalupe Pass, which they say is 9,000 feet (USRoute 61 / 180, about 60 miles directly east of El Paso). And they had a heck of a time doing it. Doesn't seem very safe.
Then I got wondering - I've crossed the continental divide several times driving along I-10. I looked it up and the I-10 highest altitude "crossing the Rockies" (or whats left of them as they peter out darn near the Mexican border) is entirely unremarkable - about 4,800 feet.
Do you guys have any idea why they didn't just deviate south about 100 miles (air distance from the Guadalupes to I-10 I believe) and save themselves the 9,000 feet trouble?
As I recall, I-10 just goes over a high plain in the continental divide area - you wouldn't even know you're "crossing the Rockies" if there wasn't a sign.