Subject: Re: atchit
Date: Jan 07, 2003 @ 15:34
Author: acroorca2002 <orc@orcoast.com> ("acroorca2002 <orc@...>" <orc@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Stavro Blofeld
<blofeld_es@y...> wrote:
> > it seems to be the very trijunction diagram
> > with the tripoint itself at close range
> >
> > if so then it must be situated horizontally
> > somewhere
> > to be correct
> >
> > but where
> >
> > on the monument with the cross
> > or elsewhere on the peak
>
> In my experience there are several occurences of
> plates fastened onto the rock, instead of regular
> border stones in the high Alps. Probably because
> of the environmental conditions, where plates would be
> more durable.
>
> My guess is that the monument (plate) i Wolfgangs
> document marks the exact spot of the tripoint, and
> that the cross is a symbolic marker some distance
> away.

yes thank you very much indeed for this corroboration
& i would bet your guess is correct

& i would also bet that the exact spot where the diagram must lie
can just about tho not quite be seen on the panoramic view
at the high point in front of the cross monument