[Westy]

I won a $25 Agees bike shop gift card this weekend. It would cost me $30 in gas to drive to the place so it really isn't any good for me. I figure I'll give it to a local who could use it. I'll make it a bit interesting, the first person who wants it and can answer me these questions three gets it.

1 What Glacier in the lower 48 states exists at the lowest altitude?

2 What is the biggest threat this glacier poses to humans?

3 Why was it given it's name?

 

[Larson TT y0!]

I know, I know...but it's too far for me to use as well.

 

[denjen]

I know, I know...but it's too far for me to use as well.

pm me the answer. Ive been looking for the answer and cant find it

 

[Westy]

pm me the answer. Ive been looking for the answer and cant find it

No cheating!


The answer to 1 & 3 can be found via google. #2 will take some thinking.

 

[SK6]

The coupon really ain't worth it, however, the trivia questions are friggin awesome!

As far as number two, desalinization?

 

[Westy]

The coupon really ain't worth it, however, the trivia questions are friggin awesome!

As far as number two, desalinization?

Wrong. Hint: There are two correct yet similar answers. One has to do with the mountain it is on.

 

[Larson TT y0!]

Wrong. Hint: There are two correct yet similar answers. One has to do with the mountain it is on.

give away.

 

[BigMike]

$25 at Agees isn't worth the brainpower it took to write my response to this post

 

[Konabumm]

where is agees?

 

[Westy]

where is agees?

All I know is that it is a place in Richmond with not a lot of fans on the monkey. The holidays are coming up, think of the re-gifting possibilities.

 

[denjen]

1- glacier MCjensen's 500' altitute

2- Its the huge sheet of ice in the bottom of my freezer. Biggest theat is that Im afaid Im going to tip the frig. over everytime I try to pull something out of the glacier


I give up. Im usually pretty good finding stuff on the web but this one has me stumped. Trying to get this $25 gift card has probably cost my boss $100 this morning

 

[Westy]

Since your the only one trying I'll give you a hint, practically giving it away. Google: lowest glacier in 48 states

About the 4th link down should make the answer to #1extremely obvious.

 

[VT Mtbkr]

Give it to the Newlyweds!!!!

 

[Westy]

Give it to the Newlyweds!!!!

Win it. It's ridiculously easy at this point.

 

[loco-gringo]

I bought my Yak rack from Agee's. They were like $150 less than anyone, delivered. I like them fine.

 

[denjen]

1- Carbon Glacier 3600'

2- Rock slides, floods and lahars when the glacier melts from volcanic activity

 

[Westy]

1- Carbon Glacier 3600'

2- Rock slides, floods and lahars when the glacier melts from volcanic activity

1 & 2 are correct. We still need #3, why is it called Carbon Glacier?

 

[denjen]

it is the sorce of the carbon river

 

[Westy]

Nope, the river is named after the glacier. The glacier is name after a certain physical characteristic.

 

[SK6]

All I know is that it is a place in Richmond with not a lot of fans on the monkey. The holidays are coming up, think of the re-gifting possibilities.

Ah, not a lot of fans period....

 

[denjen]

named for the coal deposits in its drainage basin

 

[denjen]

Carbon Glacier, which was named from a coal deposit discovered near there in the late 19th century.

 

[denjen]

it has a grey tint from all of the coal mixed in the ice.

 

[Westy]

Carbon Glacier, which was named from a coal deposit discovered near there in the late 19th century.

Close enough. I thought it was named carbon because the headwall is actually black. Rock slides from the valley above dump enough rock and dirt on it that it turns the ice black and it actually has plants and trees growing on it.

PM me your address and once I figure out how "stamps" work I'll mail it to you.

 

[Westy]

it has a grey tint from all of the coal mixed in the ice.

Most glaciers produce rivers with a milky gray color from the rock flour produced from the ice grinding away rock. In fact the Tacoma harbor is a nasty milky color from the rivers dumping glacial silt off of Ranier.

 

[denjen]

cool thanks.

I found several different sites with different reasons on why it was named.

 

[Westy]

cool thanks.

I found several different sites with different reasons on why it was named.

I hiked up to it a few months ago and the sign at the trail head said it was because of the color, the coal seems a probable answer.

 

[BigMike]

Trying to get this $25 gift card has probably cost my boss $100 this morning

 

[wannabeabonedoc]

DenJen, you must really need something from Agee's.... Congrats on the win!

 

[denjen]

DenJen, you must really need something from Agee's.... Congrats on the win!

Not really, usually dont even bother with it. But its only 5 min. from my house so it will get used. Plus I couldnt turn down westys challange.

 

[Konabumm]

Not really, usually dont even bother with it. But its only 5 min. from my house so it will get used. Plus I couldnt turn down westys challange.

Gift Certificate WHORE

 

[drkenan]

So can we turn this thread into a trivia thread? I'm bored and reading this got me excited.

 

[denjen]

WHORE

fixed

 

[G-spot]

OK, drkenan wanted a triva Q,here it goes :what two ridemonkey guys where the first to spoon together?

 

[hokierider]

Denjen and Konabumm!

 

[SK6]

Denjen and Konabumm!

THAT would be incorrect.

[edit]And no, I was not the first...I do however have a picture to prove it...and Dennis can block it'd usage for a small fee..... [/edit]

 

[Westy]

What is the groundspeed of an unladen swallow?

 

[SK6]

THAT would be incorrect.

[edit]And no, I was not the first...I do however have a picture to prove it...and Dennis can block it'd usage for a small fee..... [/edit]

Here's a hint:

 

[SK6]

What is the groundspeed of an unladen swallow?

his speed is the same as the horizontal component of the bird's speed. Since the bird is flying upwards at a 60 degree angle to the horizontal, the bird also has a vertical speed. So the man can stay directly under the bird, but the bird is getting higher in the sky all the time; therefore the bird's velocity is not the same as the man's velocity.

Since the angle is 60 degrees, the horizontal component of the bird's velocity is V_B * cos(60), and since cos(60) = 1/2, you find that the man's velocity is V_M = V_B*1/2, so the bird is flying exactly 2 times as fast as the man is running. Therefore the bird is flying at 240m/hr.

or:

Oh, that's an unladen swallow's flight, obviously. I mean, they were more than two laden swallows' flights away. Four, really, if they had a coconut on a line between them. I mean, if the birds were walking--

 

[denjen]

What is the groundspeed of an unladen swallow?

An African or European swallow?