It's even more fun than you think...9patrickmurphy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:17 pmAccording to this page, currently only Mike Garratt and Ken Nolan have finished all the LiDAR 13ers. Ken actually must have just climbed his last peak becuase he wasn't at 584 a couple weeks ago. Some 13ers got added, which Mr Roach hadn't climbed, that's all. He's still a "map" finisher, just not a "LiDAR" finisher. Welcome to the pedant convention, I hope you're having fun!Trotter wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:34 pmHow so? Didn't he do all the 13ers also?9patrickmurphy wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 3:19 pm
Hey, you're in good company. Even Gerry Roach isn't a finisher anymore!
If we're going to be precise and accurate with measuring elevations, we might as well be precise and accurate with our language and understanding of peak lists.
Technically, it's not a "LiDAR" list. It's a "LiDAR P-300" list, which signifies that the criterion is 300' of prominence.
Next, while Roach has not finished the LiDAR P-300 list, it's more than likely that he's finished the LiDAR P-400 list (as well as all of the other "previous" 13er finishers), which would make him a 13er finisher under a different definition of a peak. This distinction addresses the issue that defining a mountain is inherently vague, and this vagueness is not overcome by accurately measuring the elevations of points on the Earth's surface.
I had a post about this issue: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=61397&p=762544