Talk:Huntington Ravine

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Wikify! Wikify! I've expanded the stub, but I don't have the time or wiki skills to polish it up. Can somebody step in and make it better?

151.203.28.131 14:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Could it be expanded?

What about climbing history?

Calamitybrook (talk) 02:07, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Odell Gully for example.

What about NFS snow rangers?

Etc.

Calamitybrook (talk) 22:59, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

A shame to just rip off this perfectly good Web site. Maybe just a link?? [[1]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calamitybrook (talk • contribs) 18:13, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Not highest headwall

Glance at topo map shows that GG headwall is significantly higher in elevation at its top, relative to HR. Also GG HW seems pretty definitely to have greater vertical relief than HR, although my eyesight isn't that good for quick gander at the map. So article is probably wrong in that regard.

Some editors have said that looking at a USGS map is insufficient sourcing, and that reading contour lines isn't the same as reading written words. This view is clearly wrong, however. Badiacrushed (talk) 16:47, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

I put in a cite request for the statement. How the "headwall" is defined is something that can't be resolved just by counting contours. The statement may well have something to do with how the Huntington Ravine headwall attracts rock climbers. We'll probably need a book source rather than a blog post or other Internet-only source. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:03, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Yeah well I'm a rock climber and I've climbed a number of headwalls of various sorts. From a purely climbing point of view (or for that matter, walking, skiing, etc.) OBVIOUSLY the "height" of a headwall (or any objective) is its vertical relief (base to top). This can be easily determined, as you mention, by "counting contours."

Conceivably, one might define "highest headwall" -- for some unknown, abstract purpose -- merely based on the elevation (above sea level) of its highest point. In that case, a 50-foot headwall in Colorado would of course be vastly "higher" than a 1,000-foot headwall in New Hampshire.

On neither count, however, is HR the "highest headwall" in its range. Some editors believe that by making a distinction between lower and higher numbers, one is engaged in "original research."

This is why I try NOT to edit Wikipedia: It can be insulting to the intelligence of the average 12-year-old when the Wikipedia "experts" get involved.

Badiacrushed (talk) 02:14, 29 November 2017 (UTC)