happily many intertwingles below
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, spookymike@a...
wrote:
> Interesting that the obvious, the District of Columbia, hasn't
been mentioned
> in this context.
actually there is a fleeting mention of it deep in message 14866
> Concerning D.C., has any group member ever visited the
northern DC-MD-VA
> trifinium?
yes but i dont know what class of visit to claim
some mentions of this try are in messages 1350 & 1366
> Jack Parsell's book shows a picture of the approximate
location, taken
> from the bluff above the Potomac River gorge, and says it
would have taken
> ropes to enable a safe descent.
i did it emptyhanded & barefoot many years ago
getting back up was the harder part
> Looking at the topo, it appears there may be
> marker,
yep i had noticed that too & risked all for it
i scoured the right bank on what was very probably the correct
alignment & at a time of particularly low water
but never found it
i cant really account for that marker number 1 on the topo tho
my best guess is it refers to the 1877 or 1927 matthews &
nelson maps mentioned in messages 12405 & 12413
these btw are imo critically important to the truth here
especially since the marker has been elusive
& a really earnest try cant afford to skip this authoritative source
message 4045 may also be of interest but less so
> and I wonder if a visit might not be possible by working one's
way down
> to the gorge (up or downstream from the trifinium) at a point of
public access
> such as next to one of the bridges, then scrambling along the
river bank to
> the marker.
not so easily on the right bank
the direct descent
as horrifying as it was
looked best to me after scoping it out from the left bank
& i still think so
it is easily reached on the left bank
which however is the wrong bank
there is a big falls just below
but perhaps a kayak try is possible from above
narrow & very white water even when low
> I assume that the gorge and its immediate river banks are
public
> land, so this approach might avoid private property issues.
only on the left bank
i believe the right bank may well be privately held in virginia
but of course the only real trick is sneaking past the rich homes
atop the cliff
however that part really doesnt require so much bravura
since rich people are rarely at home
because they have so many of them
> Anyone interested
> in a visit after the weather cools down and the underbrush dies
off?
definitely if the river is low enough to improve on my last try
since there really could be a marker embedded in the rocky bed
tho i doubt it
notwithstanding the usgs depiction
but we definitely need that matthews & nelson mapping
i am also looking forward to retrying mdvawv in the same swoop
for which it will be similarly necessary
>
> Mike Schwartz