Subject: 7th elusive try for us2ma3be4hapiri calls for yet another<br/>
Date: Sep 26, 2005 @ 22:16<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@yahoo.com&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-744008929">halftime intermission enthusiasts at least will<br/>
rejoice to learn i still havent bagged the single wet<br/>
& probably most demanding 23rd berkshire tripoint <br/>
& thus my overall ensemble try & score remain stalled <br/>
at 22 down & 22 to go<br/>
<br/>
part of the difficulty here is that the tripoint<br/>
location shown by the usgs topo as unmarked circa 1991<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4697586&e=636671&s=24&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4697586&e=636671&s=24&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
differs substantially from the location of the marker<br/>
shown in the local border bible circa 1915<br/>
of which a xerox copy is attached<br/>
<br/>
the biblical text also specifies <br/>
the tripoint is marked by a stone monument sunk in the<br/>
mud in the bottom of a small pond<br/>
situated near its easterly end 95 feet west of the dam<br/>
with an inch & a half pipe attached to & surmounting<br/>
the marker for a finder<br/>
which shows above the water except at its highest<br/>
stage<br/>
<br/>
& i still havent spotted either of these features<br/>
protruding from the bed<br/>
<br/>
i make these 2 most prospective positions out to be<br/>
some 50 feet apart<br/>
<br/>
probably still farther off are the positions shown in<br/>
2 other dated topos<br/>
<br/>
1944<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://docs.unh.edu/MA/wspt47sw.jpg">http://docs.unh.edu/MA/wspt47sw.jpg</a><br/>
<br/>
1897<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://docs.unh.edu/MA/pitt97ne.jpg">http://docs.unh.edu/MA/pitt97ne.jpg</a><br/>
<br/>
of course ponds just like streams reserve the right to<br/>
move about a bit<br/>
<br/>
so all of that is still neither here nor there <br/>
so to say<br/>
<br/>
the try has also been stalled because in fact nothing<br/>
of the described assemblage is visible at all <br/>
even in times of very slack water after several months<br/>
of drought<br/>
<br/>
i expected i would find the water level even lower<br/>
today than the previous low observed at the time of<br/>
the previous visit a few weeks ago<br/>
but was surprised to realize today that the pond must<br/>
be spring fed <br/>
& thus had already reached its essentially lowest<br/>
point some time ago<br/>
hahaha<br/>
so i have been so patiently waiting for nothing all<br/>
this time<br/>
<br/>
indeed the pond bed a few inches below the water<br/>
surface was much more visible & readable at the<br/>
previous visit in direct sunlight than it was today in<br/>
a misty drizzle<br/>
<br/>
so not much was positively accomplished this time at<br/>
all<br/>
except that i was forced to conclude my next try will<br/>
have to be with both some means of flotation & a<br/>
probing iron <br/>
since the bed wasnt hard enough nor my rake long<br/>
enough to make much of a dent in the still rather<br/>
large portion of the target area not yet reached or<br/>
scoured<br/>
<br/>
& unless i can bag this probably most challenging one<br/>
of the set of 44<br/>
there is little point in my ever emerging from<br/>
halftime intermission<br/>
since this ensemble try was expressly designed as a<br/>
test for perfection<br/>
<br/>
for unlike the european 44 or the japansese 44<br/>
the berkshire 44 are all believed to be directly<br/>
monumented<br/>
<br/>
but we shall see how long i can remain satisfied with<br/>
half of perfection <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
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